Comments on: Sleep Associations – Is Rocking Your Baby Harmful?

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:49:40 +0000

Nicole…Do you consider swaddling a sleep association? My almost 5 month old naps really well and had been sleeping 8pm-6am no problem..but in the past week hes breaking out of his swaddle and his hands are flailing in his face. I’ve tried just one arm swaddled and it really hasn’t worked either.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:17:40 +0000

@Adi I remember those days. I hope you can find a method that suits your son’s personality. There are many methods to choose from. Good luck!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:34:38 +0000

@Zena I’m so glad you found the site and it’s helpful to you! The key to changing sleep associations is to help your baby fall asleep in the same environment she falls asleep in at night, so when she wakes periodically she can go right back to sleep. The whole site and books are dedicating to helping you find the method that best suits you and your baby. I am also available for a personalized plan of action for you and your family, too. Good luck!

By: Adi

Adi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:40:10 +0000

Zena– I have the same dilemma (to put it lightly) with my almost-10-month-old. He nurses to sleep (naps and at night) and wakes every 3 hrs. to eat. I co-sleep because I was going batty from having to stay in the room with him for HOURS because he’d woken up when I tried to transfer him to the crib and had to re-feed him (his sleep association) to get him sleeping again. When I transferred him to the crib he’d cry till he’s gagging and about to throw up; face, pj’s and sheet soaked with tears and there’s no way my husband and I can go through the pain of hearing him like this..so we go around like wrecks throughout the day because of lack of sleep. Help. Help. Help

By: Zena

Zena — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:52:29 +0000

Finding this site today was the most eye-opening of all sites I’ve read in the past couple of days! My daughter is 7 mo old and she MOST DEFINITELY has a sleep association. I know exactly what I have been doing wrong (which is breastfeeding her to bed at night) and I have no clue how to fix this! Please HELP me! As soon as I put her down into her crib she wakes up crying and if she doesn’t as soon as I put her down, she does after 1/2 hr max! And if I don’t pick her up (bc I want her to cry it out and maybe she’ll cry herself to sleep) she scream cries! I can’t hear her like that. What do I DO!??

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By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:05:55 +0000

@Rebecca You’re very welcome! I’m glad it was a “short” 2 weeks for you. Once my son went to his tummy, he didn’t go back either and slept so much better that way!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:34:19 +0000

Thanks Nic – you were right! After 2 totally sleepless weeks my ‘rolling bub’ has learnt to sooth herself on her tummy. She now refuses to sleep any other way and will roll striaght to her tummy and go to sleep when put in her cot – so we just check her regularly and have our monitor on! Thanks for your reassurance!!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:16:32 +0000

@Rebecca This is usually a temporary problem until they can control the rolling. It is recommended for them to continue to sleep on their back to reduce the chance of SIDS, but some people help them learn to self-sooth on their tummies once they start rolling. Otherwise, it will probably be over in a week or two, if it’s not already by the time I answered this and you read it. Good luck!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:27:16 +0000

Thanks for the great article! My 5 month old definately has a sleep association problem! She always ‘needed’ to be rocked to sleep as a newborn and at 3 1/2 months I finally got her to self settle! All was great for about 3 weeks (she was only waking once in the night and going straigt back to sleep after a feed)and then she learnt to roll. Now she rolls over in her sleep and wakes up and can’t get back – even if we roll her back she then can’t settle again without a feed. THis has been happening every 2-3 hours all night every night now and I can’t break it! If I leave her to self sooth like she used to she just rolls over like its a game and then can’t sleep! Any ideas for rolling bubs??