When do they stop fussing at sleep time?

[mommytomackenzie]

Hi,

My dd just turned 5 months old.  She's been falling asleep on her own for a while and usually does it pretty quickly.  I'm wondering, though, is it normal for her to still fuss when we put her down in the crib? If she goes into a full cry I'll go in and ssh/ptt for a little bit -- but usually she just fusses or does the mantra cry.  I'm just wondering if this will keep happening thorughout her infancy -- is it her temperment, developmental, or perhaps I'm missing her sleep window a bit?  She never fusses/mantra cries for more than 5-7 minutes, but I feel a bit bad that the 'going to sleep process' doesn't seem to be a pleasant one for her. 

Here's her routine:

7:00 - Awake
7:15 - BF
7:30-8:45 -Activity (quiet play towards the end)
8:45-9:00 - Wind down (walk around the house, soft humming)
9:00-10:30/11 Nap
11:00 - BF & Cereal
11:20-1:00 Activity (quiet play towards the end)
1-1:15 Wind down
1:15-2:45/3 Nap
3:00 - BF
3:15-4:45 Activity
4:45-5:15 (cat nap, if needed)
5:15 BF
5:30-7:00 Quiet Play
7-7:30 BF & wind-down (story, bath, song)
7:30-7:00am sleep (DF never worked for us, so she usually gets up once for BF between 2-4am)

Any advice is welcome!

Thanks,
Nicole

[courtneyandmiles]

My 7 mo. old STILL fuss/cries once I leave the room, ESPECIALLY if she's overtired (which she is when I'm trying to tweak her routine for developmental changes).  Like yours, she fuss/cries but doesn't NEED me.  Now, she's rolling to her tummy and cries about that like she's frustrated, but if I roll her back, she gets mad, and she rolls back anyway.  Today at naptime, she was overtired.  She rolled over, cried, I turned her over, she cried harder, then she mantra'd on her back w/ her washcloth lovey OVER HER FACE!

So I don't have an answer of when babies stop fussing at sleeptime; mine still does but goes to sleep ok.  She fusses less if she's not overtired.

BTW:  kudos to you!  Your EASY routine is AWESOME!  Right on target w/ what SHOULD be happening!  You're doing fine!

[JennŠ]

Still fussing here.  Either a couple of wails, then nothing, or mantra for a bit whil jamming her face into her 'phant lovey.  It seems to be just a baby body winddown thing if that makes sense.

[mommytomackenzie]

Thanks for your replies.  I think I just wanted to make sure it wasn't only my litlte one!  :-)  Hopefully she'll grow out of it eventually.  But she's such a happy little gal the rest of the day, I suppose I shouldn't worry about it too much!

Have a good day,
Nicole

[Shdef]

The fussing won't go away BIL and SIL are 12 and 14 and still fuss... But with consistency you can minimise the fussing and reduce the fussing to temper...