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i was able to for about a month or two. can't remember exactly.

I think it's a myth, or at least it has been until now. We've had one or two times around 5 months that it has been successful, but nothing consistent. It never would have worked with my one month old!

Not until after we did some sleep training. I thought surely it was a myth until I watched my friend look at her baby and say, oh you look sleepy, time for a nap.., then put the baby down in his crib and walked away. And he went to sleep. I just stared as long as my crying squirmy baby would let me.

So I suppose it happens but I don't think it's the norm!

Like, 4 times in the past 6 months, and all within the last week or so. She has to be really, really tired-- it's mostly worked motn

Um, no. My baby thinks sleep is for the weak so every nap and bedtime is an ordeal to say the least. Drowsy but awake doesn't happen in my house.

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.

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.

I can get it to work, but it is unpredictable. Sometimes yes, sometimes nope, nice try!

total BS

I didn't try it right away with DD1, but I did with DD2 and it worked!

Doable after 6 months old!

Sigh. I lived the dream and now it's dead.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

It depends on the day, occasionally it works. Rarely with my first, more often with my second.

I did starting at about 10-12 weeks.

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.

With my first I was able to do it and I keep trying to remember how because I just can't with my second!