Self Soothing

Nicklet1081 · April 2013

I believe L is starting to show signs of self soothing. We try to put him down when he is still awake but ready to go to sleep. The last few nights, he has awakened about an hour after we put him down. This wasn't anything new for him, so we would usually go in and pat him back to sleep. However, he started making grunting/whining noises a few days ago, but he would only cry a few seconds between grunts. He did not get into a full blown cry at all.

My issue is that even though he didn't cry much, he didn't put himself back to sleep either. We let him lay in his crib a good 20 minutes (he was just looking around and grunting) before we went in to pat him.

Would you continue to go in after awhile or let him go if he is not crying?

ungraceful13 · April 2013

I'd let him go. A is starting to sooth her self. We have been letting her go and she has put herself back to sleep several times.

waterfall213 · April 2013

If he's not crying I would leave him alone. He'll figure things out on his own.

wiggyslilsis · April 2013

I would see how it goes to leave him alone and see if he cries. Sometimes Ava Nichol would be up for an hour before she would fall back asleep. I learned that she had two different sounds she would make. One meant that if I left her alone she would eventu

kelnyc · April 2013

Let him go! As long as he is not really upset, just leave him be. That's the only way he will learn to put himself back to sleep. IN the beginning, it took Sera a good 40 minutes of laying there quietly (usually sucking on her lovey) before finally drifti

Shazzie116 · April 2013

I agree with PP, as long as he's not crying, let him go. A little fuss is fine. He is too young to CIO, though, so if he ramps up, I'd go in and help him soothe.

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