Baby has changed from colicky to a total Angel!
By jureathome
@jureathome (5361)
Philippines
August 15, 2012 12:48am CST
At first, I thought, teaching a baby to sleep on their own is just a myth. But, I've proven myself wrong. I'm really happy and proud that I've trained my baby to fall asleep on her own, and even calm herself when she wakes up in the middle of her sleep.
With the help of a pacifier, I have minimized the time spent to carry and dance her to sleep. Once she gets sleepy, her eyes dropping and half closed, I would already put her down her crib, and there she goes off to dreamland without mommy beside her.
3 responses
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
15 Aug 12
Such a cute and thoughtful baby! And you are really an experienced mum. I remembered my husband and I couldn't sleep all night when my daughter was a little baby. She didn't sleep unless I held her. My husband and I had to hold her and danced her to sleep every night. Even when she was asleep in the day, she didn't allow me to put her on bed . I held her to sleep, sitting on the sofa. So I got strain of lumbar muscles at that time. I felt tired but happy . Now she is a seven-year-old girl and she is obedient . Being a mum is happy! Nice day!
@jureathome (5361)
• Philippines
15 Aug 12
I'm not really experienced, I'm also just learning.
It actually, wasn't my intent to train her to sleep on her own, but because I get too tired to keep carrying her, I have left her on her crib a few times and she just probably got used to it, thus, trained herself to doze off on her own.
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
15 Aug 12
Hehe. So you are lucky. When my daughter was a baby, my husband and I once wanted to train her to sleep by herself, we just ignored her crying, half an hour passed, and we found her no sign of stopping crying. So we had to give up.
@jureathome (5361)
• Philippines
15 Aug 12
If the baby won't stop crying, then maybe they need somethign else like milk, food or they're wet or they're cold. But, some may have really gotten so used to be carried and swayed to sleep that they just can't sleep on their own.
@hsofyan (3446)
• Jakarta, Indonesia
15 Aug 12
Great. Your mother and teacher for your child.
Find other ideas are taught about self-reliance.
Worry too much, makes children grow slowly.
Sad to see parents treat children who have grown up, like a child.
@jureathome (5361)
• Philippines
16 Aug 12
That's right. I don't want my children to be too dependent on us. I want to teach them to be responsible and independent but still be good kids. Me and my husband are proud to say, we grew up as independent kids, during our time.
