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Sometimes babies need to let off steam...or they are just protesting a little for no other reason than they want to spend more time with their mama.

My LO tends to go down for naps and bedtime pretty easily but he will cry on occasion. We stopped rocking him to sleep early on (6-7 weeks) because he would fuss in our arms. That was our cue to just put him down and let him work things out on his own. Since we stopped helping him fall asleep at such a oung age, when he cries we just leave him (unless he is hysterical) and he falls asleep in 2-20 minutes.

@cvbee: I will try to remember tonight to find the page I found it on. It was definitely and obscure reference (one paragraph on one page) but it was more explained in another book.

If you aren't interested in crying, I also like the no-cry sleep solution book. Oh, and happiest baby on the block was phenomenal. We ended up following that. Watch the DVD if possible (we got it from the library)

My baby actually cries once I start rocking her. She hates going down for naps, so when I start rocking her to put her down, she screams, kicks, and tries to fight me. It makes me feel like I'm being a terrible mom... but I know that my baby needs a nap. Usually she calms down pretty quickly and conks out, but other times she just gets totally pissed off and I have to go on to plan B (baby carrier or stroller).

@Goldilocks1107: you're back!!!!

yep! every time! and the cry is so different from other cries.. it's like a "aye yyi yyii yii" lol I know it as the 'sleep cry' and within a few minutes, he's out.

My LO was this way too. I would start rocking her to sleep and then she'd start with the loud fussing/protesting. I think she's going to have a meltdown, but as soon as i put her down she starts sucking her fingers and then falls fast asleep. I know your LO doesn't take a paci, but does he use anything to soothe himself to sleep?

I know how you feel about having all eyes on you. I hate it when i'm at the mall, hoping she'll fall asleep in the stroller and she starts fussing/crying because she's tired. I had to sprint out of the mall the last time it happened!

@cvbee: I think all parents want to try to avoid being "that parent" in public. The parents who aren't "that parent" are always the ones that worry that they are. I know I am so strict with my son while out. And I have gotten a few compliments that have helped with my confidence when out with him.

When we are out, I don't even play games. We nurse him to sleep. It works and it minimizes the fuss. At home we do the normal routines.

Kids know when they are somewhere else. My son has always slept better at daycare than at home. It's cause it's daycare. Once you get the crying stopped at home (and it will because no one goes to college still crying themselves to sleep), you can start working on it in public again.

i read this great post by askmoxie a long time ago on tension increasers and decreasers about how some babies need to cry to let off steam, while others just get more worked up if left to cry.

i think it might help!

http://www.askmoxie.org/2011/01/tension-increasers.html

The way I know DS is ready for a nap is that he lets out small tired cries. I then swaddle him and put him down and he cries a little more (not real crying, just more like fussing). He sometimes fights the swaddle and cries while I do it but calms down. I try to give him a paci and sometimes he will take it and sometimes not. But he usually falls asleep after 5 mins or so (usually).

At night, he usually does not cry before or while falling asleep.