https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 01:17:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906252 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 07:36:10 +0000 hilsy85 906252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now at 8.5 months it's generally 5 minutes...but around your Los age, it could be from 10 min to 1 hour if rocking and walking! Sleep training was a miracle for us (although at your Los age his behavior is totally normal! It just continued like that for us for months). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906205 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 06:44:03 +0000 emg86 906205@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My girl is 2 months and I try to wear her out first. So I nurse, change her and then we do tummy time, look at mobiles and read a book. I then swaddle her and pat her booty and she's out. Sometimes I nurse and play with her for a few minutes before putting her in her swing and within minutes she's out. If all else fails (especially at 3am) I lay her in bed with me and nurse her until she falls asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906125 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 02:55:16 +0000 Kemma 906125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We nurse to sleep and Miss A usually nurses for ten or fifteen minutes, snuggles for five (asleep) and then I transfer her to the cot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906110 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 01:25:20 +0000 luckypenny 906110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right away! She's 14 months old </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906103 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 01:12:02 +0000 Pepper 906103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO doesn't sleep for more than 3 hours straight at 1 week old. That being said, nights are pretty rough. He'll easily go down to sleep after nursing, but he's up an hour later for a dipe change, then he'll want fed again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906092 Thu, 04 Jul 2013 00:51:20 +0000 Revel 906092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is just like yours, and the last few nights it's been closer to 2 hours to fall asleep the first time. It's exhausting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906066 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:58:59 +0000 MrsStar 906066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took 8 months of nursing to sleep which the process seemed to take a long time, I would nurse from both boobs, then wait 20 minutes or so before putting her in her crib, and throughout this I just held her for naps since I never knew how long her naps would last. At 8 months dd decided she didn't want to nurse to sleep anymore, so from then on I was able to put her in the crib awake, she fusses for about 2 minutes then `falls asleep. I didn't mind waiting the 8 months though since I got the extra cuddles when she was asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906061 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:39:33 +0000 ALV91711 906061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It seems to take 1-2 hours, sometimes a bit more. Bath, story, nurse, rock, walk, bounce. Sometimes it goes all the way back to nursing again before he is asleep. He is 3.5 months. The first couple months he went to bed earlier and easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906060 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:38:20 +0000 Smurfette 906060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As a newborn an hour to two hours. Usually in the middle of the night she just fell asleep nursing. Now it still takes at least an hour. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906057 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:23:31 +0000 yin 906057@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When LO was a newborn it seemed impossible to get him to fall asleep, especially for longer than an hour or two. At two years old he takes anywhere from 15 minutes to 3 hours to fall asleep. We're working on his sleep schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906049 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:20:13 +0000 Boheme 906049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He is lucky he's so cute :) I don't mind it too badly but I would really like both of us to get some sleep soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906045 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:11:22 +0000 Corduroy 906045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO takes about 10 min to fall asleep. (Knock on wood) We sleep trained a couple weeks ago at 16 weeks. At that point she was taking two hours of walking/bouncing to put down. We didn't have the energy for it anymore. </p> <p>I hope things get better for you soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906020 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:44:40 +0000 lovehoneybee 906020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When he was that old the only way I could get him to sleep was to nurse him to sleep, in our bed. And I could only ease myself out of bed without waking him about half the time. But my babe was a horrible sleeper...and even he eventually got better! (He started falling asleep on his own around 6.5 months...at 11 months he usually rolls around in his crib and chews on his giraffe for 5-10 minutes before falling asleep). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906019 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:43:32 +0000 BeachMama 906019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Now, at 13 months she goes right to sleep. But for the first 3-4 months it was hell. At least an hour of bouncing and shushing, and again after every middle of the night feeding. Hang in there, it will get better =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-your-lo-to-sleep#post-906012 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 22:40:00 +0000 Boheme 906012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C is convinced sleep is the enemy. After he finishes nursing at night and I swaddle him, it's seriously a good hour of rocking, shushing, and swaddling before he will go down. He fights it so hard! How long does it take to get your LO to sleep? </p>