When Did You Stop Rocking Your Kids to Sleep?

I never rocked him to sleep at night, I felt it was important for him to learn good sleep skills, but I would occasionally rock him to sleep at nap time for the first couple of months.

when it got to hard for me to lift her from the chair to the bed without waking her. around 2 1/2.

M.

I stopped rocking my son TO SLEEP around 8 months of age. However, I still rock him (he's 23 months now). Every night, we take a bath, read a story, say our prayers, and then I turn off the lights and rock him and sing to him until he tells me he is ready to get into bed. I think it's the best of both worlds because he knows how to put himself to sleep on his own, but I still get my cuddle time.

I hear you, I rocked mine to sleep until they were between 15 and 18 months old, they still liked to rock past that age and me sing to them, but then was ready to lay in their bed for prayer and bedtime story. I am going to be 54 this year, and my kids are 27 son 24 son and daughter 21 and I have so many loving memories but some of the best was rocking my baby's to sleep, feeling them relax in my arms, and the love and security they must have felt. All 3 of my children were sleeping through the night at six weeks and I know that falling asleep feeling loved and secure contribute to that. The moms who didn't or don't you don't know what you and your child are missing. J.

I admit, I never got much into the habit, I wanted my daughter to be able to fall asleep on her own. I would rock her and cuddle her before bedtime but made sure I put her down while she was drowsy but still awake. It's not that I never did it, when she was a little baby she often ended up falling asleep and napping as I rocked her, but as she got closer to a year she didn't want to be rocked as much and would not hold still and I figured she was better off learning to fall asleep on her own.

My stepsons' mother told me that with her older son, she would always rock him to sleep, but then found out when he was 5 months old that she was pregnant with #2. She continued to rock him until her mother warned her that it would be a lot harder to do when #2 came, and harder to break him of the habit the longer she waited. So he was around 11 or 12 months before she was able to get him to give it up completely.

We have never rocked our daughter to sleep just for the mere fact that they rely on that. When she was 1 1/2 months old we started laying her down drowsy yet awake and had her go to sleep on her own.

We now have a 7 week old that goes to sleep on her own as well with a sound machine.

We rock in the chair after feedings occasionally or just throughout the day...I love that time too.

Ummm, K is 7 and wanted to be held tonight...J is 4 and wanted to sit and rock last night. I think when they take up more of the chair than you do, that may be too big...LOL.

Never rocked him to sleep - we put him in his crib at night and he always fell asleep on his own. Personally I find rocking nauseating which is why I would never do it (DH would sit with DS and rock him during the day sometimes)

If he's perfectly capable of falling asleep on his own, then keep rocking him as long as you and he want to. My son turns two in two weeks, and I still rock him to sleep most nights. I believe that I stopped rocking and my older two to sleep when they were around three or a little older and they weaned. It was a very gradual process, and at that point we would rock a bit without nursing, and then they'd move to their beds and we'd sing songs, put music on, and stay a minute or two and then leave. At this point, we've got a very well established bedtime routine, and as the little one gets older, he'll be joining in more and more of it. It's easier if you've got older kids with a routine, because the little ones really want to be like/with the older ones.

mine is 2 1/2 and still gets rocked if he is sick or something

I loved that rocking time too and it was hard to give up. We stopped doing the rocking around 2yrs old. They could always fall asleep on their own but I didn't want to give up that "baby". We stopped because I am a short person and my kids were not able to "get comfortable" when I sat to rock. We tried for a while but just found it easier to put them into bed.

I stopped rocking my oldest son to sleep when I was rocking and rocking and rocking and he was not sleeping. He was over two when this happened. It was horrendous the first night, less so the next night... within five days he was going to bed on his own with no issues. With the other two, I didn't rock them to sleep. Just for a bit before they went into their cribs and fell asleep on their own.

I did around 18 months but occassionally I will rock my 3 year old if she gets antsy.

I love rocking my kids to sleep---both of them are able to fall asleep on their own without rocking but I still like to rock them at ages 4 1/2 and almost 20months. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that snuggle time....I will do it until they don't want to anymore.

M

Enjoy it while you can. If he is 2, he can probably understand that sometimes Mommy can rock him and sometimes he has to be a big boy and just go to bed with a story. I loved rocking mine and miss it.

I stopped rocking my baby when he was around 2 1/2 years old. He really weaned himself away from being rocked, because he wanted to go into his older siblings room and watch TV with them while they were in bed. Cherish the time you have to rock him because he is only young once and you and him will hav the happy memories and bonding time.

Abt 6 months but I do when they are sick.