soothers
bellymonstersmama wrote: Wow! I can't believe I didn't think of joining a chat room before. What a great resource. I am Alianne, mother of 4 month old Annabella aka little monster. She is her own individual spirit already and I love it. However, even individuals need guidance which brings me to my question. Annabella won't take a pacifier, or suck her thumb, hates to be swaddled or cradled, the only thing that calms her is a bottle. During the day she can be entertained or distracted but at nap time or in the evening she has to be put to sleep with a bottle then swaddled so she won't rub her face and wake herself up. Any suggestions as to another form of self soothing?
kit_kats_mom replied: Welcome to the board. 
I don't have any advise for you but I'm sure someone here will. My DD is 20 mos and still can't self soothe. 
kimberley replied:  omg! she is sooooo cute!! have you tried one of those fisher price aquariums or some other night time crib attachment? i know another lady on this board had a rocking hammock that she raves about. that might be worth a try if you are willing to spend the $$. anyways, welcome to the board! look forward to getting to know you better!
A&A'smommy replied: Welcome you baby girl is SO beautiful I wish we had that much hair! I don't have any advice for you either alyssa take a binky to go to sleep! I hope you like it here!
alice&arik replied: Welcome to the board! What a cutie you have! Love the hair too! My boy is almost 21 months old so I don't really know what to say. Could you try some music or some calming sounds by her crib? Arik always calmed down to classical music when he was a little baby. But now he likes hip-hop, pop or rap, so his preference changed quite a bit  He just likes to dance to it mostly. I won't let him listen to it when he starts understanding it or repeating anything...that would be bad. 
HTH! Good Luck!
BTW I am Alice, 23 and my son Arik, is 21 months.
CantWait replied: HI and welcome to the board. I wish I had some advice for you, but my little Anthony's only source of comfort came from my boob, and pretty much still does. At nap time or at bed, we have a fisher price aquarium on his crib, but that only helped after about a week of letting him "cry it out" so that he could comfort himself sometimes. Good Luck!!! Your baby is an absolute angel 
paradisemommy replied: sorry..only get a welcome from me, but no advice.. my son is 21 months and has never taken to any of those either. i bf and apparently am his big pacifier..lol 
pinka_star replied: OMG you have such an adorable baby!!!! That hair is too funny. I don't have any advice just wanted to comment on how adorable your little one is.
Mom2Boyz replied: Welcome to the board
I'm Amy, sahm to Conner (5 months).
Conner hasn't mastered the self soothing thing either. He absolutly WILL NOT take a pacifier!! The only way to soothe him is to stick a boob in his mouth I'm his pacifier lol 
So I guess I don't really have any advice for you
Just wanted to say welcome, and your little one is a doll
bellymonstersmama replied: Thanx for the comments, all. I suppose if all baby's could self sooth we wouldn't have as much of a bond with them. I do like the idea of a hammock, although I think it may be a little late for her to take to it. That is one thing I don't like about first time parenting. I hate to feel like I'm just experimenting on her.
coasterqueen replied: Welcome to the board. Sorry, I don't have any advice for you either. My DD self-soothes her self by nursing.  Not sure that's self-soothing, though. LOL. She also will take a paci. What about a music box?
My2Beauties replied: Gosh that's tough! Welcome to the board, Hanna is 5 1/2 months old and she really doesn't self-soothe either. For bedtime she takes a bottle with some extra milk in it to keep her belly full (she's a big girl at 18 pounds) and then her binky, her bottle is what really puts her to sleep though. Her binky I just stick in there in case she wakes up and realizes hey my bottle isn't in my mouth. Once she gets tired I lay her down and hold her little hands (so she won't slap her binky out of her mouth, grab toes, grab balnkets, etc.) and she falls on asleep in about 2 minutes. But if I leave her alone, she knocks that pacifire right on out and wants to play. LOL! 
I've heard of a method called Ferberizing (don't know if you've heard of it). It takes a couple days but people say it works. Personally I can't let my baby cry, I have a small house and it would drive me crazy plus I feel sort of bad. But, if you can handle some crying, here it goes:
Lay baby down when sleepy (you know eyelids looking heavy, rolling in the back of head, etc), but not all the way asleep
Tell her goodnight then leave
If she starts whining,crying, fussing, let her do so for 5 minutes. When you go back in, soothe her by talking to her, let her know mommy's here but do not pick her up. Walk away after a few minutes. Next time wait 10 minutes. Then 15, then 20 and so on and so forth until baby gets so tired of fussing that they fall asleep.
The next night wait 10 minutes the first time before you go back in, then the next night 15. They say by the third or fourth night baby learns to soothe self to sleep. I've read many studies on this method, because I was going to try it, but I don't have patience to let baby cry  !!!
Hope everything goes well and you have a gorgeous baby girl! Her hair is awesome, Hanna doesn't hardly have any!!!!! 
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