How to make baby fall asleep?

Have you tried putting her in bed and leaving her alone?

Maybe she doesn't want to be fussed with so much?

Try this:

Lay her in bed and use 1 hand to "rock" her side to side an inch or 2. Nothing moves but the baby. Sort of like giggling but use a slower, longer motion. Don't talk, don't make eye contact, just sit next to the bed.

Try just rubbing her back or tummy. Don't talk, don't make eye contact, just sit next to the bed.

With my son I just stay as calm as possible and lay down with him. he will cry for a bit but i just play with his hair and ssshhhhh him nicely. I say in a soft voice "it's okay" and i just comfort him. Eventually he'll fall asleep. It doesn't take that long most of the time but last night it took like an hour. Just be patient and comforting. use the same routine so when bed time comes they know it's time to sleep and not play. I hope this helps:)

It is totally normal for a baby to fall asleep during feedings. Sucking is a comfort to newborns. As long as she is wetting 6 diapers a day and seems happy she is getting enough milk.

Don't ever take the sleeping pills route!!

1. They will damage your liver big time and you can get into serious health problems.

2. You will get hooked up on them and you won't be able to have a normal life any more if you don't take your pills everyday.

The sleeping pills industry is damaging our health by capitalizing on our ignorance, and by distracting people from effective and natural ways to deal with this problem. I had been taking prescription sleep medications [Ambien] for over 5 years. It stopped working and I simply took more. Still did not work. Nights were very difficult - medication put me to sleep but I would wake up after 2–3 hours with a strong sympathetic response (fast pulse, pounding heartbeat, wide awake alert). It was a very difficult cycle to break. I was really in bad shape due to lack of sleep.

After years of struggling I was able to cure my insomnia naturally and pretty fast. I followed the Sleep Tracks sleep optimization program, here is their official web -site if you want to take a look: http://www.insomniacure.net/

Ohhh..and Good Luck!

If you want to put your baby to sleep in 20 seconds you must get the "Instant Baby Sleep" MP3 sound track. Here is their official web-site: http://www.instantbabysleep.net/

The sound track gently produces energy over the full human hearing spectrum with an embedded pulse that gently eases the brain to the Alpha state well known for drowsiness and sleep induction.

Have you read "the happiest baby on the block"??

Most of the book you could probably skip but it has helped EVERY single person that I know.

Just a suggestion since I know you are probably pulling your hair out.

Have you tried any Mobiles??

The Rainforest mobile is really good.

It's a very hard situation, but while she is young you have to teach her not to be so needy when its sleeping time. its seems mean and blah blah but if you keep up what you're doing, it will only get worse in the long run. its not cruel to let your baby lay in his/hers cot for a while and let them cry and carry on for a while (she is doing it anyway?, you don't have to be there, you just have to learn to block it out. It's one of the most stressful things when they are babies, so there is no point your baby carrying on for an hour why you get frustrated.

I worked in a daycare with a very old woman who had many kids of her own and had worked in childcare for 30+ years and to get a fussy baby to sleep she would lay the baby down on her lap (tummy to leg) and sway side to side and sat there very quiet. It worked everytime.

can u catch her right before she shows signs of being sleepy/tired and try it a little earlier.....? if not, maybe try 'fussing it out'....or 'controlled crying it out' instead of straight crying it out?gl, hth

this works for my gal; white noise from a rather loud small fan in her room and the womb bear...she's almost 8 mos and it works like a charm...just a suggestion to try....

If you have a clothes dryer, have you tried turning it on and putting her on top of it (in a carrier, of course)? The vibration may put her to sleep.

(Don't leave her unattended if you try this. I know that's a given, but someone who reads this may not know better.)