We've been working on teaching Enoch to put himself to sleep (after lots of playing and then some rocking or something similar to make him calm & sleepy). After a few weeks of training, he has gotten pretty good at it, for the most part. Normally though I have to rock him for at least 5-10 minutes to get him calm before I lay him down to fall the rest of the way to sleep. Well today, he actually fell asleep during tummy time. :)
As the next step in our sleep plan, we've also started putting him in his crib for 1-3 naps each day for the past few days. At first we thought it was hopeless because he wouldn't fall asleep at all, no matter how sleepy we got him before putting him in.. In fact, we could put him all the way to sleep, and he'd STILL wake up... crying! :( but perseverance has really paid off because he is getting more used to it, and he is now (sometimes) able to comfort himself back to sleep when he partially wakes up. :) Definitely not a completely mastered skill yet, but an exciting step of progress nonetheless.
Anyway, back to today's story... So after he fell asleep in tummy time, I carried him to his crib, where he woke up...
And then within 10 minutes of wiggling, hand sucking, and fussing he had put himself back to sleep!
Enoch is used to sleeping in a rock n play sleeper which we park beside our bed at night and move around the house during the day. I highly recommend this product to new moms for these reasons:
- quite portable
- comfortable for baby (kind of envelops/snuggles him)
- has a beneficial upward slant to help with digestion (avoid spit up)
- can easily be rocked with your foot or hand (especially nice when laying in bed half-asleep trying to rock the baby back to sleep... just rock it with your finger!!)
- washable
- easy to assemble
- great place for baby to sleep when traveling out of town
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