My daughter is now a month old and i cannot get her to sleep at night unless i lay her on my chest. Am i spoiling my baby? are there any tricks to get her to sleep throughout the night?

Danielle - posted on 08/15/2012

You are spoiling her. I did the same thing with my daughter. I finally can get her to sleep HALF the night alone, she's sixteen months. So if you wanna break the cycle now you have to be tough and stick with which ever plan you choose. Personally I do not believe in "crying it out", but it's totally up to you.

Adrianna - posted on 08/15/2012

I slept with my baby on my chest for the first two months...She is 7 months old now and just started to sleep through the night. You will never spoil a baby but at 3 months old the baby brain is capable of soothing by itself...meaning the baby will start learning their ways of soothing themselves...so you don't need pacifiers, constant rocking etc. Give your baby a chance to fall asleep on her/his own at 3 months and you will be surprised how well they do:-)

Kayte - posted on 08/14/2012

i have her on those wedges and she sleeps in a playpen with the bassonet addition..do i take the wedges out and lay her on her belly in just the pen?

Lauren - posted on 08/14/2012

My daughter is one month now too and up until just a few days ago I couldn't get her to stay asleep unless she was laying on my chest, everytime she fell asleep I would try to lay her down in her basinet and she would immediately wake up crying, and then I was so scared I would fall asleep and somehow smother her! So what I did was make sure she's swaddled up tight and after she falls asleep roll her right next to me into a sleep wedge and just lay my arm across her so she can still feel my warmth . Then just kind of slowly I had to ween her off. Now after she falls asleep I put her into a swing and she loves it! The swing I have swings side to side instead of front to back and it works like a miracle!!! Sorry for the novel- haha

Kim - posted on 08/13/2012

My son started to sleep through the night around 3 months I believe, it's hard to remember exactly when he's 10 months now it may have been earlier, anyway... he ended up finding his thumb and slept on his belly which was a lifesaver. For your situation maybe she would feel comfortable falling asleep with something of yours close to her so that she could have your scent, or you could always try the cry out method, it does suck but everybody usually does it at one point or another! I hope you find something that helps! Have you tried a baby swing with some soothing music? Sometimes I go to youtube and put on the Fisher Price Lullaby and it's pretty soothing, I even enjoy it. lol. Best of luck to you! They grow up quick :)

Karen - posted on 08/13/2012

Babies normally don't sleep through the night until 6 to 8 months. My daughter is 3 months and like to sleep on my chest too, so what I do if she wont go to sleep on her own is lay her on me and let her go to sleep, then slowly roll her off to my side, if she stays asleep I will easily pick her up and put her in her bed. Have you tried putting her on her stomach in her bed?? I know this is not recommended but if I let my daughter sleep on her stomach she sleeps 6 to 10 hours but if she is not on her stomach she only sleeps 3 to 4. Good Luck!!