Fighting sleep...

My daughter has always fought when I try to put her to sleep, but lately its been getting worse and worse. She falls asleep on her own for naps,but when its time for bed she won't sleep unless I rock her. While I'm rocking her she usually tries to pull away and justcries and cries. I usually spend about 45 minutes rocking her to sleep each night.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can make it easier for her to fall asleep?

If I could I would send you my mom...she just picks kids up and they stop crying or fall alseep. I walk with my little one when she does that some times, she likes it . I hope it gets better for you.

Quoting Atti:“ My daughter has always faught when I try to put her to sleep, but lately its been getting worse and worse. ... [snip!] ... 45 minutes rocking her to sleep each night. Does anyone have any tips on how I can make it easier for her to fall asleep?”

sorry, i just have to tell you it's "fought" not "faught"...... my DH's cousin spells "cough" as "caugh" and it always gets to me....lol

Find the one thing. For Brandon, if I play guitar and sing him a set of songs, he'll calm down and fall asleep.

i ve rocked my son to sleep since day one too.
He has been fighting sleep lately and even starts calling his daddy when i try to rock him to sleep. It takes me an hour and sometimes more to get him to fall asleep, i wish i was any help for you!

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It is so FRUSTRATING.

Quoting Kaden and Lexie's Mommy:“ sorry, i just have to tell you it's "fought" not "faught"...... my DH's cousin spells "cough" as "caugh" and it always gets to me....lol”

wow...
I so knew that.
But its almost midnight so yeah =[

Quoting my son=happiness:“ i ve rocked my son to sleep since day one too. He has been fighting sleep lately and even starts calling ... [snip!] ... takes me an hour and sometimes more to get him to fall asleep, i wish i was any help for you! and It is so FRUSTRATING.”

Yes its very frustrating. Especially when she wakes up 5 minutes after I finally get her down and I have to rock her all over again =[

Quoting Alyssa [Team Blue!!]:“ Find the one thing. For Brandon, if I play guitar and sing him a set of songs, he'll calm down and fall asleep.”

Thanks! I'll try to find something that works!