For those who rocked their babies to sleep

[lindachacha]

Hi all,
I have always rocked my daughter to sleep, more or less from birth. She is now 12 months old.

I am just wondering, for those of you who rocked your babies to sleep... how did you stop doing this? and when? I can't imagine she'll need me to do it forever, but I am just wondering what other's experiences have been with this.

I must admit my back pays for this, and can only imagine it will worsen the heavier she gets. So basically, did your babies just decide one day that they'd be able to fall asleep on their own, and what age was this at if it occurred at all?

[mummade3]

i'm hoping they grow out of it.. lol

my boy is 22months n he only falls asleep on my lap.. sometimes i have to pat him aswell.. people always told me to let him fall asleep on his own but i like the snuggles so i only have myself to blame..

i guess i should be grateful for the snuggle time as it wont last forever...

[Zada]

hmm well i had to stop rockng my DD when she was 2 cos i was preg my belly got too big:laughing: For a while i just made her lay on my lap after a while she was fine. I thought she's never put herself to sleep:no:

[Oscar's mum]

I rocked Ozzy to sleep and breastfed him to sleep he just decided one day he didn't want to be rocked or fed to sleep. I didn't have to do anything.;)

[Nickster]

I've always rocked my DD to sleep (except for a disastrous week where we tried controlled crying), and I don't have to anymore!

She's slowly been wanting (over the past 6 months) to just get into bed and fall asleep there, sometimes with me cuddling her, sometimes she's just happy to have me in the room with her (I take the opportunity to read a book) while she falls asleep.

She's now 2 1/4, so I think for you the light could be at the end of the tunnel. Just know it isn't forever. I look back fondly on the times I spent slowly rocking her, and feeling her little body relax and become heavy in my arms as she fell asleep.

Do you have a rocking chair? I have a super-comfy leather one, and it's been an absolute godsend and a backsaver.

[keenansmummy]

I started to wean ds off when he was about 7 months I started to pat him and then just lay him on my bed next to me with a hand on his shoulder and then i started to cuddle him until he was almost asleep and the next step was put him in the bed wide awake

It only takes a few days before they realise that you will come back. I realise now that I only prolonged the problem by weaning him but it made me feel better

I still cant bring myself to let him scream at night, i still get up and give him a bottle in teh middle of the night but now i can put him straight back down and he will go back to sleep so i am only up for about 20mins normally.\

good luck I know how scary it is!!

[pookiesossige]

I rocked Ozzy to sleep and breastfed him to sleep he just decided one day he didn't want to be rocked or fed to sleep. I didn't have to do anything.;)

Same happened here with Ronan. He was 22 months old, from memory, and just decided that he was ready :yes: It was so easy- I believe this was because he was in control and had it so good for so long. His needs had been met and he was ready to move on...

[damien's mum]

Ds always was rocked, and even know... when he is laying in his bed, he will rock his legs (I too do this when i am trying to get to sleep) I think that helps remind him of being rocked!

[SorenLorensen]

uummm DD would have been 5 months i guess, it was around the time she went into her cot. i just thought if she is going to be unsettled from being in a new bed i might as well add the no rocking anymore into it, this way i only had to go with no sleep for the two but into one.
worked for us

[Lin]

My dd was either rocked or fed to sleep. From about 9ish months, she'd still be awake but didn't want to feed from me anymore, or be rocked.
So one night I thought, right! I'll just put you in your cot and then you might get the idea that it's time to go to sleep.
She hollered out a couple of times and then went off to sleep on her own. Has done ever since! Quite easy for me!

I don't know if it has anything to do with it, but I gave my dd a teddy bear that she just adores and she cuddles in with it. I play a relaxing cd to her and she just drifts off on her own now. No crying no nothing.

[Little Gorilla]

my ds is 26 months and is still rocked for 5 mins each night:thumbsup:

[Roxy]

I went from rocking to patting at about 8-ish months I think. Then went from patting to just sitting with them as they went to sleep at about 12-13mths....

I still lay with DS 2-3 nights per week at bedtime, and DD still loves having her back "tickled" to fall asleep.

I love helping my babies fall asleep - they are relaxed and calm and we are together.

[FunkyMonkey]

DS is currently fed to sleep. I used to rock him to sleep after a feed, but he is so curious he would rather keep on playing until his eye's are falling out of his head from exhaustion than go to sleep on his own.
That said he went to sleep on the change table this morning halfway through a change.

[lindachacha]

Thanks to everyone for your responses. It was interesting to read everyone else's experiences with this.

It generally takes my daughter 10 minutes to fall asleep being rocked in my arms, a lot longer if she decides to fight sleep.

I've tried putting her down to fall asleep on her own, she has a little cat that she likes to cuddle with. But it doesn't seem to help, she screams when I leave the room and either continues to scream or decides it play time. She used to like being patted to sleep which was great for my back but she outgrew this phase and as much as I try she won't have any of it.

So I'll continue on as I have I guess, knowing at least that I won't be rocking her to sleep forever. Don't get me wrong, there are aspects I enjoy tremendously about it.. and I would be completely happy doing it if it weren't for my back.

[Oscar's mum]

So I'll continue on as I have I guess, knowing at least that I won't be rocking her to sleep forever.

lol I couldn't imagine a teenager wanting to be rocked lol:p And for that fact even a primary schooler;)

[Natsmummy]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one who does this. DS is 13 months and I'm always being told by friends and (mainly) family that I must stop doing this. My Dad even said of him being rocked to sleep and us having the cot in our room at this age "Its not normal".

[SilverStarfish]

I b/f or cuddled Sarah to sleep most of the time during her first year - esp from 6 months to a year. Then all of a sudden she decided that she didn't want me to do that anymore and will pretty much only go to sleep on her own. While one one hand I'm excited about it, I'm also a little sad because I miss my cuddles! She's a very independent little soul so half asleep is the only time she really lets anyone hold her for any length of time!

I did have a minor panic when she was about 10 months and I was pregnant again "OMG my daughter will never fall asleep on her own what am i going to do panic panic panic stress stress stress everyone keeps telling me what i should be doing i don't know what i should be doing i don't want to let her cry panic stress panic" :o

It was about then that I found Pinky McKay's book "Sleeping Like a Baby" which helped me to understand that there was absolutely nothing wrong with b/f and cuddling Sarah to sleep if that's what I wanted to do. It wasn't hurting anyone else, I wasn't asking anyone else to do it for me.

Like Oscar's Mum said before, how many teenagers do you know who want to be rocked to sleep? They are only tiny for such a short amount of time - my friend's 3 year old DD is already complaining that hugs from Daddy at daycare are embarrasing :laughing:

I'm so glad that I came to my senses and stopped stressing about the 'self settling' thing. Sarah has learned to do it on her own - in spite of what I did or maybe even because of it.

I never left her to cry in her cot. I never made bedtimes or her bedroom a stressful or sad place and I honestly believe that's why she can drop off in there on her own now - because it's where she feels quiet, calm, safe and loved :)

[pookiesossige]

I came in here to post and Faeml, you've said it all..


I'm so glad that I came to my senses and stopped stressing about the 'self settling' thing. Sarah has learned to do it on her own - in spite of what I did or maybe even because of it.

I never left her to cry in her cot. I never made bedtimes or her bedroom a stressful or sad place and I honestly believe that's why she can drop off in there on her own now - because it's where she feels quiet, calm, safe and loved :)

I remember having that panic attack with Ronan- yet when I was about 6 months pg, he decided he wanted to go to bed awake and fall asleep on his own, and that was after almost 2 years of cuddles and rocking with a bottle :yes:

Bedtimes are a happy time in this house too :D No crying allowed! As much boobie as needed before going into the cot (Ariene) and no dragging a bedtime bottle away from my toddler just because some adults think 'he should be fine without it'.

[Mum2Lucas]

My ds is 19 months and i always held him or sat in our rocking chair to get him to sleep since he was little. when he was about 17 months he crawled off me and lay beside me on the couch and went to sleep all by himself. he does that most nights now but we still have a few where he wants me to hold him or something to go to sleep.

[jess_live_die]

i rocked dd2 from birth til 5 months then she just wanted to be put down to fall alseep on her own

[JATS]

Tom is 21 months old and still needs cuddles to sleep 80% of the time. I love it and am going to make the most of it, because one day he'll grow out of it and I know I'll miss it horribly!

Occasionally he gets overtired during the day and I put him in his room for 'time out', started about a month ago and he always just puts himself to bed. Sometimes we all need our space, but in the same way sometimes we all need a hug! :D

[Frazzled]

Hi there,

We rocked Elliot for quite a while and I was pretty distressed over it - people telling me that I was making a rod for my own back and all that jazz. But, like others have said - it was something special. Then at about four months he decided he didn't want to be anymore and one day my back hurt and he was fighting and I just put him in the cot and he went to sleep! It was that easy until he could start to stand up and then we went back to rocking till at xmas time (13 months) when it took us about a week and then he was fine to go to sleep on his own.

Now we say "Time for night nights Elliot" and he picks up his bear and walks in and stands at the cot waiting for you to put him in! Sometimes he even just goes in with the bear on his own, waving at you to let you know he wants to go to sleep!

They are all so different, do what you need to for you all to be sane and guilt free and dont worry! She will get to her next stage before you know it!

Kate:sleeping:

[Nowhere]

i have no advice for you cause im still doing the same thing we have to do up right swaying with pats on the back until her reflux slows down a bit then i tilt her into a cradle position and rock her until fully asleep if i put her in that positon b4 she is pretty much asleep she thinks i am going to try feed her and she goes nuts and then we have to start again on average it taks about 2 hours to get her setled and asleep

good luck if you figure out how to get him to sleep on his own let me know

[Becbabe]

Well this thread is VERY encouraging! I've been rocking Ella to sleep since day 1 (she has always been an indifferent sleeper!) Now I'm back at work full time I try to look at it as special "mummycuddle" time that we miss out on during the day!

Normally it takes about 15mins so I don't mind at all but on the nights (like last night!) that she fights sleep for nearly an hour then wakes 2hrly... my "Zen like calm mummy" approach can desert me somewhat...

I've been hoping that she'll just go to sleep on her own when she's ready but I've learnt not to stress & push ( I also read & loved "sleeping like a baby") as we want bedtime to be a happy time!

[cheekypossum]

You know what....I am so happy I found this thread


I had Chloe self settling really well. In the last week she is refusing to be put down awake.

I have been stressing over having to rock her...but reading all you lovely posts I am not stressed anymore :hugs:

I tried the CC but after 20 minutes we both ended up in tears....too heart breaking to leave her cry.......

Thanks for sharing :hugs:

[MrsMiggins]

Claire has just turned 18 months old & we still do it.

She will be moving into a Big Bed in a few months time, so we will make the transition then.

Sure, it can be inconvenient at times (even frustrating on those occasions where she just won't go to sleep!) but all in all, we have no problem with it, so why should all the people who tell us we're doing the wrong thing?

[Boymum]

Hi MrsMiggins,

Congratulations on the birth of Baby Owen Frederick, so happy for you. I have been following your posts here and there and was wondering how it was all going, seems you are all doing well?

My DS is 17 months old at the moment and I still rock or pat him off to sleep most nights, he can fall asleep by himself but I have to be there next to him and it takes a lot longer that way....I should take the time and allow him to do it that way more though as I am due in July with our next baby.

I don't think I am doing the wrong thing, I am a little concerned however about juggling him and the new baby with a husband that works a lot....I guess they will have different sleep times for a while anyway, so I can keep my routines with DS for now....but I do want him to be able to fall asleep with Daddy too as he only wants me. Do you think that's a problem with a newborn and a toddler? I am assuming the baby can be settled by Daddy while I am putting DS down for sleep, who knows.

Ah well, cross these bridges when I get there.

As for you, well done, sounds as though things are working out nicely...congrats.

[our little treasures]

With dd we rocked her until I was pregnant and couldn't physically do it. I then laid with her in the bed and sang to her until she drifted and then finally she didn't want me singing and I just laid there with her. I still do occasionally lay with her until she is asleep but if we have had a tough day (her being yelled at too much, I feel guilty or when she is sick)!

DS I never had to rock but we do the lay with him method he never liked us singing until now, we think he got sick of hearing it while he was in the womb!!!

[EskimoMumma]

I do not know when we stopped rocking DD1 to sleep. Its just what we always did and I guess she just weaned herself off the rocking/cuddles. She stopped when she was about 11months old..

That said she has her comforter Oscar The Grouch and her bottle now:o

[MrsMiggins]

Hi MrsMiggins,

Congratulations on the birth of Baby Owen Frederick, so happy for you. I have been following your posts here and there and was wondering how it was all going, seems you are all doing well?

My DS is 17 months old at the moment and I still rock or pat him off to sleep most nights, he can fall asleep by himself but I have to be there next to him and it takes a lot longer that way....I should take the time and allow him to do it that way more though as I am due in July with our next baby.

I don't think I am doing the wrong thing, I am a little concerned however about juggling him and the new baby with a husband that works a lot....I guess they will have different sleep times for a while anyway, so I can keep my routines with DS for now....but I do want him to be able to fall asleep with Daddy too as he only wants me. Do you think that's a problem with a newborn and a toddler? I am assuming the baby can be settled by Daddy while I am putting DS down for sleep, who knows.

Ah well, cross these bridges when I get there.

As for you, well done, sounds as though things are working out nicely...congrats.
Thanks! It can be very tricky at times, but we get through it. DH was away for the day yesterday & didn't get home til 11pm, so that was very tricky! Claire decided that she wanted to wait up for Daddy though, so I didn't argue! ;) And then she only wanted him to put her to bed after her bath. I felt a bit sad for a minute, but I know it was easier that way!

As for Dad settling the newborn, if Owen is awake at Claire's bed/bath time, I just make sure he's had a huge feed before-hand (if I'm going to do Claire's bath/bed) then even if he gets a bit grizzly, at least I know it's not because he needs feeding. That's the only thing DH can't do for him that I can!

I almost always put Claire to bed before Owen was born. In fact there would have only been one or two times where I didn't, but she got used to DH doing it while I was in hospital (I was in there for a week), and she had no issues with it.

Definitely a good idea to cross bridges when you come to them though, because as you undoubtedly know, things with toddlers can change so much from one day to the next!

[SilverStarfish]

You know what....I am so happy I found this thread


I had Chloe self settling really well. In the last week she is refusing to be put down awake.

I have been stressing over having to rock her...but reading all you lovely posts I am not stressed anymore :hugs:

I tried the CC but after 20 minutes we both ended up in tears....too heart breaking to leave her cry.......

Thanks for sharing :hugs:

I'm glad to part of this thread too. For me it was such a relief to know that there were other people out there that also cuddled, nursed or rocked their babies to sleep. For a while I thought it was just me and I carried it around like a guilty secret.

I was so sick of people giving me the "making a rod for your own back" lecture, but obviously not enough to make me stop doing it :o

[Honeydoll]

I'm glad to find this thread as well! :)

DD is 7 and a half months old now and we've tried to teach her to be able to settle herself back to sleep for soooo long.

She was able to do so when she was about 2months but after an overseas trip, she went back to wanting to be held to sleep. When we tried to put her down, drowsy, she'll cry and cry and cry! Then at one time she managed to go calm down until she slept but she had to be on her tummy and it took a long time! Then that didn't work after some time and she would just cry and cry that I end up picking her up. And it was heartbreaking that part of her sleeping routine will be crying (even though I'm in the room w/ her) that sometimes to calm her down, I'd give her a feed. when that started happening, I thought she was starting to associate being fed to sleep w/c I thought has to be changed.

Then I discovered that this worked brilliantly for me: After feeding or when she falls asleep, I'd shift her around to burp. If she's still asleep, I put he down for a moment (she tends to stir and wake up a bit to complain) then pick her up again and cradle her & sing a song I made up for her. Then she'll close her eyes. After 5 mins I put her down and just pat her.

Since then, when I notice her tired sign, I cradle her and sing and in less than 10 mins she'll set herself up to sleep. I put her down and pat her the rest of the way. :)

I think there's nothing wrong at all in rocking bubs to sleep. I also understand the reason behind teaching them to self-settle--so when they wake up in the middle of the night, they won't need us to come in & rock them again. But then again, I realized that children will eventually learn how to sleep on their own. Just think, in other countries the idea of CC or teaching them to self-settle is unheard of. The moment bub cries, they're picked up right away and are soothed so they stop crying and are rocked to sleep all the time and they sleep and grow up just fine.

We're definitely not alone with the way we put our bubs to sleep. Besides, they're so nice to hold at this age--make the most out of it. They grow up so fast that there will come a time when they won't want us to hug or kiss them at all! So, don't be concerned with what others say you should and just do what you feel is right. No one knows your bub better than you do.

Let's just enjoy them :)

I mean, I'm ready to face a lifetime of sleep deprivations if it means extra hours to hold her and kiss her and watch her grow.

[charlen49]

hi , i rock bubs to sleep as well...she is 5 1/2 months. Lately though she has been fighting the rocking and the puting down awake..she likes to lie upright agaist my chest.Also bub has to be wrapped...been using a sheet lately. Does anyone else have a bub that likes to be wrapped and rocked to sleep.

[JE's Mum]

We always rocked our son from about 4-5 months on. I used to sit next to him and pat him when he was very little and then he wouldn't have it anymore so we would give him a cuddle. He was a shocking sleeper and I used to panic about whether this would every end, whether we should try 'settling techniques' etc but funnily enough, as the kinder baby experts suggested, he started to grow out of it when he was ready. The usual sleep experts would have you think if you don't do something to force the issue you will be rocking them to sleep when they are 30! Not true!

Like other Mums have mentioned here, he started to want to fall asleep in his cot from about 15 months or so. Not every night - it started out as something he would do now and then - but this became more and more regular as time went on. He is now over 2 and still likes us to sit in his room while he falls asleep but usually always falls asleep in his cot. We still cuddle him for his nap because it's quicker and we would prefer he had a nap - he won't nap forever! I am pregnant again and I will say that I won't be panicking about this next time. They really do get there in their own time, when they are ready.

All the best :hugs:

[Kerry76]

I was so sick of people giving me the "making a rod for your own back" lecture, but obviously not enough to make me stop doing it :o

I get this already and Charlotte is only 4 months old. I have been told by people that she needs to go to a sleep clinic. I refuse to do this. She sleeps well at night and falls asleep on her bottle. during the day 80% of the time she requires to be rocked. I dont mind doing it at all, I enjoy these cuddles with my DD. The other 20% she self settles. If she wakes through the night she also self settles. She doesnt have a sleep problem.

I say to people it is my back and if I want to make a rod for it thats my choice. :yes:
I am not affecting anyone else by doing this.

[SilverStarfish]

I am pregnant again and I will say that I won't be panicking about this next time. They really do get there in their own time, when they are ready.

Me too :) I realise now that I wasted so many of Sarah's tiny baby moments stressing about silly things that had absolutely no impact on her today, let alone when she grows up.

I'm really hoping that this time around I can relax a lot more and I'm going to enjoy all the cuddle time I can possibly get with both of them :yes:

[Harmony83]

Awww what a lovely thread! I was always paranoid that Im the only one with a 2 year old that still gets cuddles to sleep!!
We rocked for about a year and then I would sit with him and pat him while he had a bottle!!
At the moment though, we are co-sleeping, so he'll fall asleep chatting to me! Its so sweet!
I figure I would rather spend 15 - 20 minutes sending him off into a blissfull sleep then going through the CC where it can take hours to fall into a stressed sleep!!!

[leilani07]

Boy do I feel paranoid! My bub is only 6 and a half weeks and I was stressing that I was doing the wrong thing by rocking or bf her to sleep. (Even though I adore cuddling her). I too have been told that it is "spoiling her" or making a rod for my own back by cuddling or rocking her to sleep. :(
My main problem is when I put her down in her cot - no matter how sound asleep she is in my arms - as soon as her head touches that mattress she is awake.....and very cranky that I dared put her down!:o Or, if by some miracle she does stay asleep, (usually with a dummy in her mouth) when the dummy falls out she is awake again. Which means she's had a nap rather than a decent sleep and we have to start all over again...this time it takes even longer because shes cranky and overtired.
I'm trying not to stress about it and am telling myself that it will pass...but will it? Opinions welcome :yes:

[lizzymcfizzy]

Boy do I feel paranoid! My bub is only 6 and a half weeks and I was stressing that I was doing the wrong thing by rocking or bf her to sleep. (Even though I adore cuddling her). I too have been told that it is "spoiling her" or making a rod for my own back by cuddling or rocking her to sleep. :(
My main problem is when I put her down in her cot - no matter how sound asleep she is in my arms - as soon as her head touches that mattress she is awake.....and very cranky that I dared put her down!:o Or, if by some miracle she does stay asleep, (usually with a dummy in her mouth) when the dummy falls out she is awake again. Which means she's had a nap rather than a decent sleep and we have to start all over again...this time it takes even longer because shes cranky and overtired.
I'm trying not to stress about it and am telling myself that it will pass...but will it? Opinions welcome :yes:


I say do what works for you, cuddling, cosleeping whatever.
but I had exactly the same problem. cuddling used to work till 7 weeks, then she started waking up when she hit the mattress. Then we had a week of her not sleeping at all - in the basinette or in my arms resulting in an overtired baby and mummy.

Falling asleep in your arms she gets used to it, then as she goes through a light sleep phase she gets upset that she is no longer in your arms.

http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?p=1638272#post1638272

I found cuddling was suddenly too much for her and I tried the karatine technique of hands on settling. No controlled crying, just getting her to learn how to sleep in her bed. Its worked wonders for us!

She still has her moments, as I write she had a feed at 2pm and is still fighting off sleeping - she must know that I planned to nap at the same time :o but all in all its been a godsend. I still get to cuddle her while feeding and during playtime.

If you want to try the karatine one check this out
http://www.swsahs.nsw.gov.au/karitane/images/birth_4_months.pdf

[MrsMiggins]

Haven't visited this thread in a little while!!

I just thought I'd report back that DD is now in her Big Girl Bed and LOVES it!!! She is more than happy to lie in her bed now and have ber bottle and she will just drift off to sleep. We still have to sit in there with her, but she no longer needs to be held.

So for anyone who's worried about it - don't be!!

[cornflakegirl]

Just a question!!
We have always rocked our DD to sleep (she is now 8 months old). She still wakes very frequently during the night - every 2-3 hours and needs to be rocked/breastfed back to sleep.
I'm just wondering when she will start to sleep longer or be able to put herself back to sleep in the night if we keep rocking her to sleep?
I love being with her while she goes to sleep and we don't believe in controlled crying but I'm just sooo tired having to wake up every 2-3 hours!!! :sleeping:

[lizzymcfizzy]

I don't know cornflake girl but I was told that bubby wakes during a light sleep phase and expects to still be in mummys arms, she isn't so she wakes and cries and you have to rock her all over again.

I don't have experience with older bubbies but it might be worth trying to rock her to sleep in her cot if the cot is wiggable in any way.

[cheekypossum]

Just a question!!
We have always rocked our DD to sleep (she is now 8 months old). She still wakes very frequently during the night - every 2-3 hours and needs to be rocked/breastfed back to sleep.
I'm just wondering when she will start to sleep longer or be able to put herself back to sleep in the night if we keep rocking her to sleep?
I love being with her while she goes to sleep and we don't believe in controlled crying but I'm just sooo tired having to wake up every 2-3 hours!!! :sleeping:


My DD started doing this also at 8 months, and I am sorry to say she is now 11 months and still doing it :banghead: . I hope your DD is not the same.

[mm85]

ds went through a tage of waking and being rocked back to sleep but now sleep right through we just insted of picking him but firmly placed a hand on his hip (hes a side sleeper) and a hand on his shoulder and gently rocked him like that the afetr a few days just placed our hands there without rocking then he just stopped needing the reasurance. good luck!!

[MrsMiggins]

FWIW I don't know that frequent waking or being unable to resettle necessarily has anything to do with rocking to sleep. My DD couldn't put herself to sleep at all, but has usually been able to resettle after night waking. She's also always slept for long periods once asleep.

So don't beat yourself up over the rocking to sleep thing, if you're worried that is what's causing it. Chances are one has nothing to do with the other. :hugs: I hope things improve for you!!

PS: Also, I think it's just the age too for being unsettled. Has she just accomplished a new milestone, such as crawling, or standing etc? My DD was quite unsettled around those times, starting at 6 months when she began crawling. :yes: If so, it usually calms back down after a few weeks.

[squiglet]

I too have been getting the "You'll spoil the baby" for rocking her to sleep.
I don't care, and I don't think it's true. I would rather a nice peacfull night than a screaming baby and megga stessed out mum and dad.

I also am inclined to discredit this whole "you'll spoil the baby" line when it's used for so many things such as feeding when baby is hungry or changing the babys nappy a lot. The last one was actully sugested to me by my mother who has eight children.
Now how she thinks changing a dirty nappy is spoiling a baby is beyond me:eek: :confused:

[charlen49]

My bub is 8.5 months and i still rock.... if she winges and squirms..i put in cot to have a small winge...but soon as i pick her up again , aquick less than minute rock and she is of like a light...i totally agree...my bub sleeps through the night...occaionally waking up.......DD#1 from memory wasnt rocked depends on the child....and i'm sure i wont be rocking bub when she's a teenager!hehe:eek:

[Anna07]

DD is 8.5 months now and she either falls asleep during a feed or has to be rocked.... but i have to walk and rock and if i sit down too early she's awake :banghead:
Hope i won't be doing it for too long.. she's getting heavier !