Alone time (for baby)

[SarahBear]

Does your baby seem to do best with a bit of alone time? When falling asleep for a nap, Leo seems to do best when put down (in rocker, not crib) sleepy and then ignored, rather than asleep or being rocked to sleep. He does sometimes benefit from being rocked to sleep though. He also likes to have some alone time while awake. He enjoys social time, but also requires alone time. There was a while when he was having a bit of a hard time and needed to fall asleep while being held on my (or my husband's) shoulder, but he hasn't needed nearly as much as what Violet needed. At his age, I had Violet in a rocker (rocking) with Christmas lights and music in order to help her fall asleep at night. For nap time, we rocked her to sleep in the rocker or she nursed to sleep. I also don't remember her needing alone time. Right now Leo is on a blanket alone (within sight) and he's just happily hanging out and entertaining himself. I almost feel like I should be paying more attention to him, but when I tried, he looked away and wasn't as happy.

Also, if you had a baby like this, what was their temperament like when they got older?

 

[lomelly]

My son was like this and still is. He got too stimulated with me holding him to sleep and would only fight sleep or cry harder when I held him to sleep. He fell asleep pretty well on his own most of the time and still does.
He's 2.5 now and I just pop him in his bed afted a story and he goes to sleep on his own. He happily plays by himself for long periods of time and sometimes gets pissy if i try to play with him, but then sometimes he wants me to play.

 

[bdb84]

My 3 month old is like this. When she is getting drowsy, I lay her in her bed and she always lifts up on her arms to look around her crib. She'll talk and scoot around her bed, but always puts herself to sleep without any crying.

After she wakes from a nap, she eats and then will play on her playmat or sit in her swing/bouncer/high chair for a while. She's really a very easy baby and only gets fussy when she's tired, hungry, or wants a cuddle.

 

[SarahBear]

We also bedshare, but he isn't nearly as demanding as my first was. I couldn't turn away from my first and had to hold her all night long. Leo doesn't need that so much but generally doesn't have issue with it if I do cuddle him all night long either.

 

[CaptainMummy]

Mine get alot of alone time. They are always around each other but I quite often sit dd3 down.with a box if toys and leave her to it. Sometimes dd2 will go play too but she is quite happy to be alone for a bit. Put her in the buggy for a nap, and she falls asleep awake in her cot at night time.
So yeah, she gets a lot of alone time, and has always been perfectly content with it.

 

[AnonymousCAT]

My DS is just like this too! He's happy to play in his crib for a bit before he falls asleep and sometimes when he's just getting fussy I put him in his crib for a bit and he just chatters away to himself and then is happy when I go get him. He also loves tummy time and is content to play by himself with me nearby. He wasn't always like this though. He used to need to be held to sleep and would not sleep alone at all. I'm glad he likes his alone time!

 

[SarahBear]

So this evening I nursed my 2.5 year old in bed, then my 3 month old was hungry, so I nursed him in bed too. Then he was done but not quite asleep. I was able to cuddle my 2.5 year old (who doesn't self-settle very well at night) while my 3 month old self-settled.