Nup, he will just be madly looking and turning around in my arms, i cannot stress how mobile/active he is. He is impossible to hold any time because he just doesn't stay still!
At least in the bedroom he gets the idea its sleep time as its dark and theres no stimuli.
I know he is a bit older, but he sounds so similar to my DS (he is 9mo). And one things that I do for him, when he is really being difficult, is to wrap him. Yep. Nice and firmly in a muslin wrap, angel style. And lie him down. It helps take his mind off crawling and walking for a minute and he can then switch off to sleep...
Not sure if that will help you at all...
i just take as long as my dd needs and explain to ds when i get back out there that she was taking a while longer then normal and thanks for playing/reading quietly. i have to do this for every sleep as i have no one here to help at any sleep time.
i guess make sure its a long movie you have put on....
but also i pop in and out some days to check and she is getting used to going to sleep with out me there even though i might come back in (iykwim)
We wrapped my DD for all sleeps until she was a bit older than your DS2. It used to be her cue to sleep. Have you tried playing a certain soft music to him? You may find you can leave him alone once he gets the cues from that as well.
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