I just wanted to thank you guys for posting your stories regarding Ferber lately. We are starting tonight and (while I am dreading it and am absolutely terrified) your posts have really helped me. I feel like I am doing the right thing and your posts have been really inspirational. Thank you all.
Re: Thank you, Ferber moms
My favorite line to remember is "More crying now, less crying later."
Good luck! I think the fear is worse than the reality.
will your siggy pic be you at the end of the night?
Best of luck!
Good luck!! It's honestly going to be alot easier than you imagine. We don't give these babies enough credit!!
J9 - I wouldn't start when they were teething, they seem to need extra comforting at that time.
Ditto. Make sure your husband is on board and can convince you to stick with the plan if you're about to break down (or vice versa). I almost gave in the first night because I couldn't stand the crying and my husband managed to convince me to stick with it. Good thing because the first night was the worst and it's been so so much better since then.
Good luck. We've ended up with a much happier Baby overall, which made all the challenges worth it!
I will say that we did start during teething. He started teething really early on and in my opinion, at this age, they are teething often or hitting new milestones that interrupt sleep. I figured I could always find some good reason to postpone and it seemed sooner was better than later for us.
peace,
katharine
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Hope it went well for you last night! We're only a week in and I can't believe the difference - the mornings are so great now that he's STTN - he used to get tired and cranky again an hour after waking up, and now he is so sweet and easy in the mornings!
We did end up doing it during teething, but I guess teething wasn't that hard on him. I thought he started teething months ago, but no teeth ever showed up. Finally he got his first two a couple days ago, and I hadn't even noticed any extra teething symptoms.