Omg guys, I was the mom who had to bounce, rock, pat, do all sorts of acrobatics to get my daughter to sleep... all for her only to sleep for 30min! I was frustrated and fed up (plus my back had had enough!). So we started the gentle sleep training method (we are staying in a hotel while our home is being built), so extensive crying wasn’t an option. It took 10 days and lots of patience but my daughter now goes down in her pack and play fully awake (tired and drowsy of course) and puts her little self to sleep without fussing or crying! I literally could cry! I never thought I would see the day.