my son takes possibly, the world's shortest naps?

hey, i dont think that supplmenting babies bottles with cereal does any good for them. if your giving him cereal i think it would be best to feed it to him from a bowl with a spoon, but that wasnt your question so im going to stop talkin about that.

Best thing to do to get him to sleep by himself is to be persistant and try to hold him a little less.you could try wrapping him up in a blanket and when you start to see he is getting ready to nod off then put him in the crib. i used to bend right into the cot and keep my arms around bub for 30seconds to a minute so she gets relaxed and comfy again and id talk to her softly while taking my arms away from her. stand there for a moment then she would usually nod off again. She is now 7 months and istill do this if she has a "clingy' day. She's pretty good. you could try playing some music from a mobile. your bub would be fascinated watching the toys spinning and the lullaby music might be enough to nod him off.

But yes whatever method you do try just bbe persistant with it.

Hi,

My son (now 6 month old) was the exact same way!! He never let me put him down and if he did it was a rare occasion! Most of the time I would feed him laying down (he is breastfed) and then have to sneak away from him.

Turns out my son has reflux. I started him on zantac just a week ago and it has helped sooo much! He will take two 2 hour naps a day now and sleeps 10-12 hours at night (waking 3 times still to be fed, but that is a HUGE improvement from the 6-8 times he was waking up).

So maybe your son is suffering from reflux as well? Does he spit up alot? Does his puke ever smell like acid? Does he chew his fists a lot? Google acid reflux in infants and see if your baby has any of the symptoms or talk to your DR

Good luck :)

My daughter slept probably about 10-12 hours at night around that age but she was the exact same age...as SOON as I laid her down she would wake up. Usually I just ended up holding her so she could nap. I tried laying her down anyways at first, but she still didn't nap and it was impossible to get her back to sleep so I just held her. She is 10 months old and sleeps great on her own now so I did the right thing!! You have to learn that baby is more importnant than house work. Yeah you have to get housework done but wait until he is down for the night or have his dad or a friend hold/play with him for a while so you can get stuff done. People will tell you to just let him cry and he will "get over it", but babies don't "get over it"...they learn to shut down their emotions because mommy won't help them anyways so they give up trying and it's very VERY sad that some babies go through that. Anways...just do what your heart tells you is right for you and YOUR BABY.

i had the same problem with my daughter, she would not sleep unless i held her or let her sleep with me, at 8 months i have finally got her napping and lseeping through the night in her crib, i started slowly just putting her in her crib during the day and leaving the room, if she cried id go in and calm her down and put her back in the crib and leave again and just do it over and over, never for long amounts of time but slowly over a couple weeks of doing that and getting up numerous times through the night and not giving in and letting her sleep with me she finally started sleeping on her own. its tough bc u feel bad, but if u stick with it in no time ur little one will be sleeping on his own, good luck!

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I just learned to do everything one handed when my son was that age and let him sleep in my arms. It was more frustrating to try and lay him down and hear him wake up 10 minutes later than to just do my own thing with him asleep in my arms.

As said, cereal in the bottle doesn't make them sleep longer. It's only a choking hazard.

*Okay, don't understand the TD. What...you want me to say just lay him down and let him scream like the lazy *** moms do? No. Babies that age want to be held and cuddled and they don't sleep well on their own (except a few miracle ones.) Enjoy that your baby wants to sleep in your arms. Guarentee you that won't last long...mobile, children, teens....they don't want to sit still long enough for a kiss, let alone to be held.

First of all giving him cereal won't help him sleep threw the night and by yourself a sling so that he can be near you all the time