Brag Alert: Sleep Training Success!

pinottoparenthood

So we had our 9-month appointment on Thursday, and I told the pediatrician that Rhys was still waking up every night to nurse. She said it was out of habit and he just wanted comfort. She immediately said, "You nurse him to sleep, don't you?" (I did.) She basically told me that if I want him to STTN, I need to stop nursing him to sleep.

We started on Thursday. I nursed him but kept him awake. After nursing we did tooth brushing and read books before putting him in the crib. He has been screaming every night, and he gets even more upset if I go in to check on him. DH has been going in periodically and making shushing noises/humming to Rhys while he is still in the crib.

Rhys has been sleeping through the night every night since then! Last night, he woke up in the middle of the night and SCREAMED. DH started to jump out of bed, but I said, "wait a minute." Sure enough, the baby went back to sleep immediately! And tonight, I just laid him down in his crib and he went to bed all by himself! No crying!

I just had to brag because it is AMAZING to sleep through the night again, especially since I'm a teacher and wake up between 4 and 5 AM!

JSS1002

Congrats GF!  That's awesome.  I have also noticed that the times J wakes up,if I give him a little while,he usually settles himself back to sleep.  Enjoy!

Lhyacinth888

Awesome! Great news!!

smiles21866

That's awesome and such a good feeling! Good job!

arschm02

Yay!!! Awesome job mama!!

danuli8

That's great! Way to go Rhys!

I finally stopped getting up at night to nurse on Friday because I know DS really doesn't need it any more, and he slept through the night on Saturday (for the second night in his entire life!). On Sunday I felt fantastic after a real night's sleep! May there be more sleep for all of us!

ClandestineX

That is great news! 

You deserve all the rest you can get.

jaime52005

Awesome!

ARJ6511

That is awesome! Congrats! 

I'm totally envious. 

Aprilbaby49

Yay! Congrats and FX for more restful nights.

suedell

You give me hope. When we let LO cry during the night he will literally scream his head off forever. I let him go 2.5 hours once until I finally gave up. I can't take it anymore.

ceamac0127

Yay Rhys!!!! And mom and dad too for sticking to the training! Enjoy your sleep filled nights now

Kate_C

Congrats! And jealous. Hope he keeps up the good sleeping!!

Gracious1014

That's awesome - happy for you!

I know I need to stop nursing Emma to sleep at some point but it's just so. dang. convenient. She sleeps through the night most nights unless she's sick or her teeth are super painful. If she wakes up I usually just comfort nurse her back to sleep in about 10 minutes. My will power to listen to crying is severely diminished in the middle of the night...

Erin10408

Woohoo!!! Thats a great feeling

 

pinottoparenthood

I totally spoke too soon... he was up screaming last night! But it was because of teething... he has a new tooth today. Hopefully he gets back to sleeping soon.