My son is 16 months. We put him to bed by going and getting his stuffed toy and dummy, he says good night to me and DD and kisses us, then DH takes him in, puts him in the cot, says ni ni, walks out and closes the door behind him. DS has gone to sleep like this pretty much ever since he was born and I think thats why he is happy just to go to bed, no fuss now- because its just how its always been for him. From day one when it was sleep time, we would just put him in the bassinet or cot and he would settle himself. If we tried to go in there patting his bottom or rubbing his back he would think its play time and jump right up! Of course there are times when we need to hold him or he doesn't go down that easily- when he is in pain or sick but thats not often.
With DD we sung, cuddled, snuggled in bed and did all sorts of things to get her to sleep, took HOURS and she was a cranky thing through lack of sleep (no idea what we were thinking!). She was almost 2 before she would go to bed alone in her cot without a fuss. DS is not missing out on all those good things, we just dont do them at bed time!!! haha
I guess for us, with DS being the second child, we figured we would try not to set patterns and habits with him that we would just need to break and change later.
Nothing has worked for my 10 month old daughter yet.. i have tried every trick in the book and have not found a solution to her poor sleeps during the day and poor night sleeping. During the day i have figued that she likes to be put in the pram infront of the tv with me gently rocking the pram, she will usually drift off. At night its, dinner, bath, books and then breastfeed and sometimes she will doze off but most times it is sit up, sit down, suck, sit up , lay down, suck, whinge, rock, sing etc etc.. and finally she gets that tired that she falls asleep.. so no great advice here but i agree with MummaSue - i wish i had known more about babies before i had one too
i have only in the last year goten my eldest to go to bed in his own room, but still have to leave the hall light on, my 3yo however, will not sleep in the bed room, (the boys share) im planing to clear out the spare room and see how he goes on his own (fingers crossed) the only thing that works for him is to lye on the couck with the light and telly off, usualy asleep in 2 mins (depending on how long it takes to be still) my daughter is compleatly different, from 2 weeks she slept 8 hrs straight and started to settle herself(she would lye in her cot babbling away to the wall untill her eyes wouldnt stay open) 6since she has started teething it has been adifferent story though, she WILL NOT sleep unless im holding her, and then once out to it, daddy has to put her in her cot, if i do it she is awake the minute i put her down! good luck it took me 3 years of trying this and that with the boys to get them both were they are today!!!
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