It's prob not to everyone's liking but it means you have to let them settle to sleep without cuddling them to sleep on sofa etc. If you see yawning signals or its time for a nap put them down awake so they know where they are when they wake. I've been going in after a few mins of crying/grumbling and putting my hand on her chest saying it's sleepy time now and repeating it lots then leaving room. If she cried loudly I'd pick her up cuddle her then put her down after min or two. I've found I can now tell if the cries are gonna be short-lived and leave her longer than I ever have dared before. She seemed to give a good cry before falling asleep for the first day or two but today it's been less (like 30 secs of crying that turned to a whimper and then she was asleep) Keep repeating the hand on chest thing til they sleep. Oh make sure baby is fed, clean and not suffering from anything else first. It also mention the sleep cycles of 40 mins light sleep followed by 40 mins of deepsleep that goes on in cycles. After the light sleep they might wake and cry but if you leave them they might fall asleep again. I did this and she did fall asleep again. Last night I was in bedroom with her reading my book, after about 40 mins I saw her awake in her basket but she made no noise, she looked around a bit. When I looked again minute later she was fast asleep! I guess she is getting used to getting back to sleep herself without needing any aids. As I say it might just be a coincidence as she is nearly 8 weeks, she might just be getting better by herself? Today she has done nothing but sleep it seems, before she was grumbling and getting over tired as I was picking her up after that first 40 mins.
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