hi hetal and others
my son who is 4months old cries for nearly 15minutes before going to sleep. this happens even during the day. rocking chair doesnt work. i have to carry him and walk for nearly 15minutes. he doesnt even want me to sit . i tried many ways to make him sleep . i'm tired. i just cant take it anymore. any moms who have undergone the situation like me, please give a solution. i tried giving him a bath, tried ome music and rhymes, please help!!!
mom SP replied. hi.. my son was the same! when he was fussing, ( he was colicky in the first 2 months) he wanted to be carried only and that too with him on my shoulder and with me walking about. if i sat down he would scream.
now he is 7 months old and has gradually over come it..i stay in india and we can use the jula here.. so instead of carrying him i started swinging him in the jula.. but this was only when he was calm, else if he was screaming it was back on my soulder with me walking, jumping and cooing!
these days i dont need to do that.. he falls asleep with a feed or in the jula.. but when he has a cold etc.. he demands to be on the shoulder only and with me walking.
so just check to make sure he doesnt have a blocked nose or something..
but babies very young do not know how to go to sleep on thier own.. we have to help! so carrying ,swaying and singing are the ways.
at night time though wat i do is keep the room dark with just a low night lamp on before putting him to sleep. then i also keep the room quiet and sing softly to him. this calms him down a lot.. so when he gets calm, i feed him. most of the times he goes to sleep with the feed, if not after his feed i just put him on the bed and lie down next to him, after a few min he nods off! a bed time routine in the night helps a lot!
hope this is helpful! divyasooruj replied. Hi,

Even my baby was like dat.Once he feels sleepy he will be very irritated..he will scrach his eyes and face like anything and will hurt himself and then cry.Even i had to carry him for more than an hr to make him sleep.He will resist when we make him swing in hand.Finally we used cloth cradle to rock him to sleep.Even then sometimes it used to take more than 30min.Even i had lost my patience many times..But now he is 1 year.He is improved a lot.

So i feel that there is no need to worry much.Be patient..dats all wat i can suggest.
After long struggle,once he gets sleep, will he sleep undisturbed? Amy replied. I think that is normal, my baby does that too. Sometimes she will fall asleep after she eats or while I'm burping her. Maybe your baby didn't eat enough? We also use a pacifier which helps a lot. Also, our baby was having gas problems so we gave her gripe water. That seemed to settle her down a lot too. But try not to get frusterated, becasue if you are stressed, your baby will be too.