I have been trying to get my baby girl to self soothe/entertain herself in the bouncer or cot or the bed or the playmat. The moment I walked away, she starts fussing. If she's strapped to the bouncer, after awhile she starts to fuss no matter how I try to sing or rock the bouncer or tries to distract while I attempt to finish the task at hand. My baby was never a crier, she's a screamer and she can do it till she's hoarse and even blue. She's a happy baby but she's like my eldest child when she was a baby; can never be left alone to self entertain or soothe after awhile.