Ah 8 wo, how tiny! Hope you're both doing well.
Here's a note about the 4S sleep ritual for you to see
What does a good wind down consist of (Includes 4S ritual)The 4Ss are setting the scene, swaddling, sitting, and sh-pat. So what you're talking about is the sitting and sh-pat stage. Ideally, you should be sitting with DS in a darkened room, getting ready for sleep. Hold him and relax with him and if he needs a bit of help to calm down, sh-pat. You will feel him relax against your body. The aim of the game is to get him into the crib before he goes to sleep in your arms. At 8 wos that might be asking a lot of him
but you might manage it. If you're sh-patting, you should continue the sh-pat as you stand to transfer him into the cot, this'll help him stay asleep. As time goes on, you should be able to set him down quicker and quicker, and the day comes when he doesn't need the settling down sitting phase or much sh-pat.
The idea of holding through the jolts is not in fact to sit holding him but to reach into the crib (if needed) around that 20 min mark and, with gentle pressure, hold DS so the jolts don't wake him up.
Is that clear for you? HTH!
