Tonight was the second night we put M, our 9-month old daughter, to sleep by creating a circle of love and safety. Our daughter has always given us a hard time when we put her to bed. She is often restless, turning and tossing, and starts to cry for our attention almost as soon as we leave her in the crib. Once in a while she would fall asleep by suckling on her bottle, but she also has thrown up, creating a mess, when we overly rely on this strategy and feed her too much. She has also never taken to a pacifier.
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