 | When my daughter was young I rocked her. However, when she got older I desided that it was time for her to go sleep on her own. The method I used is as follows. I would make sure that she had a clean diaper, wasn't hungry,and was tired or her bedtime. I would walk her into her room and I told her it was time for her to be a big girl and go to sleep. I would reassure her that mommy loved her and that I would be in my room sleeping also. I told her I would see her in the morning and give her a kiss and put her down. I would turn around and walk out. Of course she would scream, sometimes I thought she'd never stop but she did. The whole time she would cry I would be sitting outside her door crying too. I felt like the worse mother but I knew I was doing this for my peice of mind. Like you my husband was never home for this so I had no one to help pass the time. I would call a friend though and that seemed to pass the time. However, back to the hopefull solution DO NOT go back in the room once you have left. If you go back in you make them think you'll do it again. They are babies but babies know if I cry Mommy will come running in with open arms and then he will think that you're going to rock him. It took alittle while for her to stop crying all together but she did.Each night the amout of time she cryed would lessen. Its not going to happen overnite but it will happen. Eventually, my daughter would walk in her room by herself to go to bed. Also, since your husband isn't around to enjoy all of the fun explain what your doing because when he sees you in action, if hes anything like my husband, he'll ruin it. I had my daughter down to going to bed by herself with no crying when Daddy came home off the road and he let her sleep with us one night and needless to say at the age of 4 she still falls asleep with us.I know I'm not a perfect mother but I know that for at least 7 months this is how I broke my daughter from being rocked and going to sleeep by herself. Good luck!!!I'll be thinking about you.
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