If you used Sleep Sense...

vwsfy6

How old was LO?

Did you use the stay in the room method?

How long did LO cry?

How many nights did it take to see improvement?

Did it work?

Any advice? 

 

We are thinking about starting this weekend.  Wish me luck.  TIA 

jen4ny

We are doing it now. I started about a week and a half ago just before his first birthday. 

I am using the stay in the room method. I should be out of the room by now but he got a cold and that pushed us back a few nights since he was waking up miserable in the middle of the night. Those few nights I ended up picking him up and rocking him a little bit during the night. 

The first night he cried exactly 30 minutes. The second night maybe ten minutes. And after that he either doesn't cry at all of just for a minute or two and then he goes right to sleep.

So far it is working beautifully. I used to have to rock him to sleep every night and bedtime was taking 1-2 hours. He woke up 1-2 times or more every night to nurse. I haven't cut out the night feedings yet- that is my next step! But he goes to sleep so easily and has only been getting up once a night (or two beautiful nights not at all!). I am doing it for naps too and he is napping so much better. I highly recommend it. My only advice is to stick with it. Once you start you can't stop or you send the wrong message. Don't give in to your LO even when they have cried for 30 minutes. That first night was hard and I hated letting him cry. But I knew he had to learn how to put himself to sleep. Good luck!  

Pips09

We started this about 3 weeks ago, and we used the stay in the room method. We started seeing real improvement on night 3. It helped a lot with a couple of things, like not having to rock her to sleep and letting her self-soothe. However, I have been in the doorway for about a week and a half. She does well as long as she can see me, but we are not able to jump the hurdle of getting out of the room. I am still looking for advice on this, I fear I won't have any choice but to sit in the doorway or leave and let her cry, but the whole reason I chose this method is that I don't want to leave her alone to cry.

Not sure what our next steps are going to be. We are experimenting with sitting behind the door, and popping my head out every few minutes so she can see I'm there. But she still gets very upset when she can't see me.

vwsfy6

Thank you so much.  This makes me feel way better about going through with it.  I think we are finally ready!