Can I bag out other sites?? -

I have experienced the exact opposite. Ususally when I try to put DD down (when she was little) I would look at her for a while, then when she was getting sleepy, I would either have her lyin on my chest (she couldn't see my eyes there) or if I was still facing her, I would close my eyes, sort of modelling what I wanted her to do. I would hope that me looking sleepy would send her off to dreamland. Just like someone yawning makes you yawn. I found that when DD was very tired, she would break eye contact with me all by herself, actually, and rather stared into the distance.
But when she was upset or resisting sleep, it often was enough to just lovingly look into her eyes. I would try to "tell a story" with my eyes, Try to tell her how much I loved her and how I would watch over her while she was asleep. That seemed to calm her down really quickly. It's like sometimes she just needed that assurance that mummy was there and that she was loved and safe. Body contact can do that, but eye contact is a lot more effective at communicating. It's a bit like: these eyes can't lie.

I agree with previous posters. it is so sad that most women are only ever offered one type of advice about parenting. Just like they are only ever offered one type of advice about child birth (ie. medical and interventionist). You have to be quite a strong-willed assertive person to actually go out and find other alternatives.

Sasa