LO is 19 weeks old. I have been trying to get him to fall asleep independently since day 1. Since he got out of the sleepy newborn phase, we have failed miserably. He is a 30min napper, but I'm convinced that is just how he is. He is happy and alert after 30 min, sleeps from 8pm to 7-7:30 am with a DF at 10. There was a time a few weeks ago where we were doing pretty good with falling asleep in crib, but he still napped for 30 min.
Lately, I cannot get this kid to sleep without rocking him. Our wind down ritual goes like this. I take him to his room, he watches his mobile while I get his swAddle ready and a book out. We read, swAddle, close the shades, sing a lullabye and I give him a kiss and his paci. I shhh pat until he gets drowsy then put him in the crib and shhh pat in there. A few weeks ago he would get drowsy immediately and would literally fall asleep as I was putting him in the crib or within a second of being placed in the crib. It took him like 1-2 min to fall asleep. Now, it is taking him about 15-30 min. I have been sitting with him until he is drowsy and trying to shhh pat him in the crib. He gets so squirmy when I put him in the crib, I try to shhh pat and end up giving up after 20 min because my back and legs and my wrist are killing me. I pick him up and as soon as I sit down he is completely drowsy again and falls asleep. If I try to put him down at that point he wakes back up. I have to wait until he is in a pretty deep sleep to put him down.
Do I need to do pu/pd? He is hardly fussy though , just squirmy . I don't know what to do! I want to nip this in the bud sooner rather than later!
