by LovemyBoys123 on July 19th, 2011

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Do you think rocking your baby every night is necessary? He is 7 months old now!

Mother in law pushed its the "bonding" time line on me the other night and kind of made me feel bad, though i spend so much time bonding during the day and love our connection that we have! pure love

yes absolutely, your a mother - 25% (1 vote) 25%

no, that causes problems later with attachment and non self soothing - 0% (no votes) 0%

yes you should sometimes its okay but only until they are half asleep - 0% (no votes) 0%

sometimes you should!until they are asleep - 0% (no votes) 0%

Self soothe all the way, why break the good practice/habit? - 75% (3 votes) 75%

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by Over and Out on July 19th, 2011
voted: Self soothe all the way, why break the good practice/habit?
Self-soothing is the best way to get your baby to be able to fall asleep on their own.

They need to know you're there .. but you don't need to rock them to sleep all the time. That is just setting you both up for problems in the future.
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- I agree. Sensible advice :)
  
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  by ! on July 19th, 2011
- Thanks scorpio.
  
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  by Over and Out on July 19th, 2011
- Thank you, i agree all the way, and he knows when night time is and naps as well... he turns his head over..grabs his bunny rabbit and Nuk paci and lays down. Might fuss a tiny bit when i leave the room but stops quickly and goes right to sleep. I did this by just simply putting him in there and going back every 5 min. when he was crying and reassuring him i was there ... knew he was fed, clean, and sleepy.
  
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  by LovemyBoys123 on July 20th, 2011
- you just cannot give in.. it takes a while dont get me wrong, and they will give it that extra try maybe even after a few self soothing nights but dont pick them up. i sing to him sometimes and he looovess it.
  
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by mrsstephyg on July 21st, 2011
voted: Self soothe all the way, why break the good practice/habit?
While cuddling your baby is not a bad thing, it is a bad idea to get into bedtime routines that make it so he can't fall asleep on his own. Letting them lay with you, rocking them, or sitting with them until they fall asleep will only create bad habits. Children need to learn how to go to bed without it being such a long drawn out process with you there every step of the way. If you don't stop now, it will only be more challenging as he grows older and you'll be one of those mothers who has to reserve 2+ hours every night to get your kid to sleep. He'll probably cry the first few nights but I promise he'll survive.
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