https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:09:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2/page/2#post-1880736 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 19:28:05 +0000 ShootingStar 1880736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This pretty much never happened for us. Even when he was first born he was super sleepy but the minute you put him down he'd wake up. We had to co-sleep even in the hospital because he needed to be held. After sleep training we can put him down awake. But we never achieved drowsy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2/page/2#post-1880637 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 17:22:45 +0000 NavyRN2012 1880637@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were able to after sleep training. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880602 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:24:57 +0000 theRoo 1880602@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had such a struggle trying to figure out "sleepy but awake." I finally figured out that slow-dancing with her in my arms was what worked for us...but maybe she was just ready to be a better sleeper! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880591 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:06:47 +0000 daniellemybelle 1880591@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After sleep training (a few times) my 11 month now will lay down in her crib, snuggle up and fall asleep. It's pretty cute &amp; I am always pinching myself because she has been such a bad sleeper.</p> <p>This is only for bedtime. We still deal with night wakings to some extent &amp; we have failed at nap training so I rock/nurse her to sleep for naps unless we are on the go (she is a pro car sleeper) or she's at school.</p> <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: This is my hope and dream for #2 if we are ever brave enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880589 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:03:32 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 1880589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With my first I was able to do it and I keep trying to remember how because I just can't with my second! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880491 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:29:29 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1880491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With Chloe, hell no. She's almost three and sleep is a constant battle. </p> <p>Charlotte likes her sleep. I can set her down &amp; she can put herself to sleep most of the time. </p> <p>I like Charlotte. </p> <p>I like Chloe too, but... Charlotte sleeps. I'm just sayin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880484 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:24:38 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1880484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started from birth and it has always worked for us. We would change his diaper, swaddle, and then put him in his crib or the swing (for naps) and he went to sleep on his own. He was a preemie though and was always sleepy for the first month. I think by the time the sleepiness wore off he was used to going to sleep this way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880480 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 13:18:59 +0000 Mrs Spoon 1880480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes we were able to achieve this but it wasn't until around 5 months. I was initially skeptical but it's really all about timing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880240 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 07:20:30 +0000 catomd00 1880240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did starting at about 10-12 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880235 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 07:12:33 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 1880235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've prided myself that I could put both DS1 and DS2 in the crib awake enough that they would wave goodbye, and they would sleep. </p> <p>In desperate situations I would rock them to sleep, but "drowsy but awake" was always the plan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880188 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 01:37:19 +0000 lemondrop 1880188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends on the day, occasionally it works. Rarely with my first, more often with my second. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880178 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 01:03:27 +0000 birdofafeather 1880178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once she found her fingers to suck on at 4-5 months, I realized I was keeping her up by rocking her. I set her down one night and she passed out on her own. Has done it since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880169 Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:03:20 +0000 singingbee 1880169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If she isn't teething, then yes, she goes down drowsy,but still awake. However, this is only after sleep training and after she was Six months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880146 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:28:42 +0000 PurplePeony 1880146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe 30% of the time? It seems to work better at bedtime than for naps, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880145 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:28:41 +0000 Mamasig 1880145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted mythical. DS2 has fallen asleep on his own maybe 3 times in his 2 year old life. DS2 has done it about three times in his 4 month old life. I have no idea how drowsy but awake works. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880137 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:20:23 +0000 oliviaoblivia 1880137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@twodoghouse: Blake is really starting to chub out! Look at those thighs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880128 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 22:04:12 +0000 twodoghouse 1880128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I came back to say I was proven wrong tonight! I put Blake in his rock n play while I put away some laundry. When I got back to him he was like this - asleep, naked, clutching his sleepsack, haha. </p> [attach=141/14/nclcj0.450x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880110 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:41:11 +0000 chopsuey 1880110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With DD I nursed to sleep so she didn't start sleeping unassisted until she was 21ish months old. :shocked: ftm fail.</p> <p>DS started sleeping on his own really early on. Most nights when I was soloing, I would put him under his play mat thing and do DD's bedtime routine. When I was done, I'd come back to a sleeping baby.. &lt;3 I started putting him down drowsy but awake early on.. Memory is foggy, but at around 5-6 weeks. Maybe earlier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880103 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:30:59 +0000 Mae 1880103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sigh. I lived the dream and now it's dead. </p> <p>When my LO was around 7 or 8 weeks old we started doing naps in her bassinet. One time I swaddled her up and stuck her in there and left her to take a shower thinking okay-- she's safe. Hopefully she doesn't scream and maybe she'll even fall asleep. And she did. So the next nap I set her down again-- and she did. And from then on, every single nap and bed time we just swaddled her up, set her down, put her paci in, and walked away. And she fell asleep on her own. EVERY TIME. I could do it, my husband, my mom... she didn't care. She'd yawn, we'd wrap her up an set her down-- boom! It was unbelievably awesome. </p> <p>And then the sleep gods took it away from us around 13 weeks or so. Tonight I rocked her while she screamed at me for 45 min before bed (she's 20 weeks). Sooo yea. I know it's possible. And the knowing it is possible almost makes it worse to not have it I think? We are planning to sleep train soon because I know she's capable-- we just need to get back there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880102 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:29:39 +0000 avivoca 1880102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Only for bedtime and only after nine months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880100 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:26:08 +0000 Charm54 1880100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Doable after 6 months old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880099 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:24:11 +0000 skibobrown 1880099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For us, it was probably like 7 months before this became a reality at bedtime... and 1.5 years before drowsy yet awake worked at naptime. The good news is, you know you won't be rocking your child to sleep forever. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880095 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:12:25 +0000 Andrea 1880095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't try it right away with DD1, but I did with DD2 and it worked! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880093 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 21:07:57 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1880093@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Since sleep training it's the only way he'll go down - if I try to rock him in my arms, he squirms and fights, if I put him down &amp; he's due for a nap or sleep and has been through the pre sleep routine, he rolls around a few times &amp; goes to sleep. Before sleep training, the exact opposite. It was life changing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880085 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:53:32 +0000 ctownmacaron 1880085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>total BS :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880083 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:52:10 +0000 Canoli 1880083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MapleMoose: glad my children aren't the only ones, well not glad for you but I'm commiserating with you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880076 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:42:55 +0000 Mrs.Someone 1880076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can get it to work, but it is unpredictable. Sometimes yes, sometimes nope, nice try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880074 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:35:48 +0000 Adira 1880074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We almost always did, but Xander just liked being left alone to fall asleep and that's probably not normal!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880073 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:31:26 +0000 Skadi 1880073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before sleep training, it was pretty rare (we sleep trained at 11 weeks). After sleep training, we put her down in her crib awake every single time she goes down for a nap or bedtime. I can't remember the last time she was asleep or even almost asleep when we put her down last. She's always awake, and she'll play with her toys, kick the crib, or fuss a little bit for ten minutes or so. Then she's out.</p> <p>I honestly think if I waited until she was nearly falling asleep, she'd be really grouchy and fight sleep more. But who knows. Babies are weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/drowsy-but-awake-2#post-1880067 Sat, 27 Sep 2014 20:22:00 +0000 meredithNYC 1880067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO didn't go for it naturally, but sleep training improved things quite a bit. </p>