17 Month Falling Asleep on Own
My baby girl is a big girl and we’ve been having trouble rocking her to sleep. I noticed that sometimes she would be playing in her crib and just fall asleep, so we started implementing this at naptime - put her in her crib either toys, bottle, pacifier and leave. She whines for a little bit and might jump up and down but usually falls asleep.
We’ve started doing this at naptime too and I just feel so guilty letting her whine. Is this okay to do? If she starts crying we go get her but we will let her whine. I don’t want her to feel abandoned.
I also read something one time about how secure children don’t have emotional support stuffed animals because their parents are their emotional support and she was a doll she cuddles when we leave. Does this mean she can’t depend on us? She doesn’t want us to leave but she doesn’t *usually* cry for us (again, we got get her if she does).