Ferber day 1 - questions

NeverEnoughTime

I am sleeptraining for naps starting today, right now actually and have a question.  If he is just fussing, not crying or screaming, do I still go in and reassure?

I had tears in my eyes putting him in his crib. I know its for the best for him and I, but I still hate to hear my baby cry. (I normally feed/cuddle/rock him to sleep and then he naps on my lap)

OK I am going to edit this already.  He fell asleep after 9 minutes. I only checked on him once, holy sh!t!!! I didn't expect this. This kid has been napping only on me for 7 months.   I know its still going to be a challenge for the next couple weeks. 

But now a second question.if he wakes up in the next few minutes do I reassure and start over? or do i take him from his crib, keep him up till next naptime and do it again?

kewltif

I think if he sleeps atleast 30-40 minutes that I would just get him up and try again at the next nap time. If he wakes up in 5-10 minutes then I would restart the Ferber interval over.

tokenhoser

For naps, Ferber says if it's less than half an hour you do the intervals over again. If he's slept for a half hour, he probably won't go to sleep. And in the future if he fusses for a half hour total, he also probably won't go to sleep.

kelly321

We had great success doing Ferber for sleep associations at night, but when I tried to do Ferber for naps a few weeks ago it was a huge failure. Every time DD cried for the max 30 min and just got more angry when I did check-ins (that wasn't the case at night. Then the check-ins reassured her). So I went back to having her nap on me again because it was easier for everyone. Now I think I'm going to give it another try. She's gotta switch sometime, and we now have 1.5 weeks without the nanny while she's on vacation, so I figure might as well try again now.

NeverEnoughTime

Good luck Kelly, I hope it works for you.

Both naps yesterday were a sucess for me. We will see how today goes.

LO slept 1.5 hours longer this morning..not sure if it's related.

Thanks for the advice ladies. 

kelly321

My first nap attempt today was a success!! I didn't even have to go check on her once. She did gymnastics for a minute or two, cried for about a minute, and then she was out. Here's to hoping it continues.