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No Cry Sleeping
Did anyone have success with The No-Cry Sleep Solution or with Dr Sears' The Baby Sleep Book? If so, can you share which approaches you tried that worked?
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Re: No Cry Sleeping
Hi there,
we didn't really follow the book but what we did was I would lie down with her in bed and just hang out while she rolls around town until she get tired out and fall asleep on her own then carry her to her crib. Some night i'll put her in her crib and rub her back until she fall asleep. hope that helps. we are doing a combination of things. we are doing cio also and she still cries.
I tried No Cry, but it did not work for Noah. He's what we like to call "spirited" LOL! While I did like the "routine" aspects she talked about, the actual sleep training was not happening. I believe I only got through 2 weeks because he started sleeping worse at naps and nighttime, and we were both exhausted. She states it may takes months.
I think it depends on your baby, his/her personality and what works for them. I tried several methods and Ferber was the only one that worked. I know some people are opposed to it, and I think it would be a lot harder to do at this age than when they are a little younger (due to the fact that he can now call us), but it worked and it worked quickly! He was actually less upset using Ferber than any other method, but again, it's b/c of his personality.
Best of luck! I know sleep training can be exhausting!!!
I cannot recommend enough "The Sleepeasy Solution" by Jill Spivack and Jennifer Waldburger. It literally changed my life.
Before I read it, DS refused to nap and woke up every couple of hours through the night. After we implemented the Sleepeasy method (I'd say that, in a nutshell, t's a modified Ferber, where you allow some crying but do frequent check-ins so your LO knows that you are there for them), my DS is an amazing sleeper. He naps 2 - 3 hours a day and sleeps 12 hours straight through the night. He loves his crib and I can put him down fully awake and he chats happily to himself until he falls asleep. He even ASKS to nap by grabbing his blanket and saying "sleeps! sleeps!" as he walks to his bedroom.
I have recommended it to several friends and family members, all who have similar success stories.
Check it out: www.sleepyplanet.com
GL!
I was just about to post if you had any success in the No Cry Sleeping, I remembered you asking about it about a month ago... I guess it's still hard?
I think I might have fallen for the same path... DS needs to be walked around with in the Ergo carrier... although I haven't tried just laying him down... he was sleeping through the night fine starting from 8weeks old but around 6months he started waking up in the middle of the nights because he crawled into the crib and woke himself up... never had a crib bummer in but might have to go buy one today...
now he started crawling few weeks ago so he just wants to go everywhere if I put him down... now teething... 1st tooth broke through yesturday... been up since 4am reading up on No Cry Sleeping methods...
let me know if you find anything that works for you guys!
https://www.babycenter.com/2_baby-sleep-the-sears-method_1487508.bc
We used NCSS at 10 months and by 12-12.5 months old he started STTN. Then he started teething molars and we are back to waking once per night (but usually to eat around 4 am and then he goes back down, but doesn't want to nurse at 7 when he gets up for the day). At my DS's worst he was waking every hour all night long and only sleeping an hour for nap. Now he sleeps 7-9 hour stretches, wakes once and goes right back down, plus sleeps 2.5-3 hours for naps.
We transitioned from co-sleeping to the crib in our room between 8-10 months old, then started NCSS. Being very strict with the routine helped a lot, an earlier bedtime really helped, and adding in white noise, a crib soother, and dressing him warmer also helped. The two biggest things that helped us was getting rid of his suck to sleep association by using the pull off method (pull off when sucking slows, if he roots, let him back on and repeat until he's doesn't root), and having my DH soothe him instead of me (he just wanted to hang out with mommy, but knew we meant business if daddy showed up).
It takes awhile, but within 3 weeks I saw a ton of improvement. Waking down to 3x per night instead of 12x. In another month after that we had a new baby!
For my DD she was already STTN when she came home at 7.5 months old. NCSS doesn't work for her because of her personality (which kills me since anything else doesn't sit well with my parenting style). She needs a minute or two to fuss/cry and then zonks out. We''ve only had to do Ferber twice and we didn't even make it to waiting for 3 min. Total crying was 3-5 min.