https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:54:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rockingbouncingswinging-to-sleep#post-370473 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:20:19 +0000 mamajaja 370473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@prettylizy - how did you get your LO to fall asleep on her own? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rockingbouncingswinging-to-sleep#post-364223 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:37:02 +0000 googly-eyes 364223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for all the wonderful advice ladies!! I have decided to continue using the swing. If we have to worry about it later, we will. But the swing should work until she's old enough to start sleep training or maybe there won't be any need for concern in the first place. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rockingbouncingswinging-to-sleep#post-362495 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:04:33 +0000 prettylizy 362495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't worry about it, we did this a ton at first. The 5 S's were like gospel to us. Now I can put her down still awake and she'll fall asleep on her own and has been doing that since just over 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rockingbouncingswinging-to-sleep#post-362462 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:51:45 +0000 Weagle 362462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Habits don't really form for a few months. For what it's worth, my LO is still rocked to sleep for naps and nighttime, but she doesn't depend on it to stay asleep. She's not a great napper, but that doesn't have anything to do with rocking. She's an excellent nighttime sleeper! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rockingbouncingswinging-to-sleep#post-362343 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:48:47 +0000 mediagirl 362343@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely wouldn't worry about it at this stage. M is 4 months, 2 weeks now. Sometimes we bounce or rock her to sleep if she is fussy, but most of the time, she is content to be put down and fall asleep on her own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rockingbouncingswinging-to-sleep#post-362337 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:41:25 +0000 Mrsbells 362337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As a newborn its perfectly ok to rock them to sleep. Once they get out of the newborn stage at 3 months then thats when you can begin to try to let them fall asleep independently gradually </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rockingbouncingswinging-to-sleep#post-362326 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 07:32:22 +0000 meredithNYC 362326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>As young as your LO is, don't even worry about it! I also read HSHHC, but not until we had been letting LO fall asleep in the swing (we would then transition her to her bassinet when she was in deep sleep) for about a month and a half! After that point, like you, I also turned the swing off after she was asleep.</p> <p>Anyway, we didn't really start working on sleep training until she was a little over 3 months and she took to it really, really well. Honestly, I think you are going through a lot right now, so try not to put too much pressure on yourself. If LO is sleeping well for you in the swing, enjoy the extra rest you will get as a result! Then, set a goal for yourself to "wean" her. Like I said, 3 months worked well for us, but every baby is different. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rockingbouncingswinging-to-sleep#post-362257 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 06:07:22 +0000 heffalump 362257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well... we did that for my lo. Her night time sleep was never an issue. She went down no problems and slept 12 hours straight by 2 1/2 months. </p> <p>Naps were very different. I would take her on walks in the stroller, put her in the swing, drive her around, etc. She always needed movement. Until magically at 8 months we put her in her crib fir her nap (we tried before and she would just scream) and she went right to sleep. She's 15 months now, and since then has been an awesome crib napper. So she did learn to crib nap without movement, and without cio.....but it did take 8 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/rockingbouncingswinging-to-sleep#post-362194 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:14:23 +0000 googly-eyes 362194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Am I creating a problem for later by rocking/bouncing/swinging my newborn to sleep? Drowsy but awake only causes her to be less drowsy, become more alert, and cry, except when she's in the swing.</p> <p>I read that even though rocking to sleep might work in the beginning, they will get used to rocking or motion and need it to stay asleep at night, and their sleep will get worse. So I started turning off the swing after she falls asleep (I think this was suggested in Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child.)</p> <p>Is that enough for now? We even put her down in the pack n play for this morning's nap, which is a first. At least for now she seems to stay asleep... </p>