What is/was your method of sleep-training? Clicky-poll

Mary0913 · November 2009

We're rapidly approaching the day where sleep-training needs to happen. We're de-swaddling and I'm losing copious amounts of sleep and patience.
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Trixie6717 · November 2009

Looks like it worked to me! Wink

ETA: I haven't voted because we haven't decided yet. We aren't having problems, yet. ::knocks on wood::

Mary0913 · November 2009

Trixie6717:
Looks like it worked to me!

Yes, which makes me even more confused!

Mrs.Teddy · November 2009

we didn't really follow a method, I didn't read any anyways. We started a routine at 7 weeks when I moved L to his crib from co-sleeping. We also started a consistent earlier bedtime, I found he was getting overtired by staying up to late. We do dorwsy but awake, i rock to drowsy. It took about a week of me going back in & soothing (usually without picking up) and 15-20 minutes of that (rubbing his head, talking, shhhing, givign paci). Now I can put him down and walk away 90% of the time. He is sleeping 8-12 hours

ETA-we DO NOT CIO I respond immediately if he cries & comfort him. I want him to fall asleep feeling safe & secure. I do let him whine a bit thats how he falls asleep even in my arms.

Temp159135562506975 · November 2009

Baby Wise here - with all 3 of our kids- all 3 STTN at 8w.

There are a LOT more sleep training methods than ferber or no-cry.... TONS...which is why i assume the "other" vote has a high vote.

ctab · November 2009

fredalina:
i'm very anti-CIO.

This!

Chrysallys · November 2009

fredalina:
i'm very anti-CIO.

Ditto. This poll makes me sad.

Shellbelle22 · November 2009

Weissbluth's method of CIO aka no check-ins. We used to stay with her or check in and she just cried harder when she saw us. And she squirms and fights us if we hold her while she tries to go to sleep. She usually fusses/babbles for 10 min before falling asleep. She sleeps 11.5-12 hours so is very well-rested and happy!

ljlkm · November 2009

Chrysallys:
fredalina:
i'm very anti-CIO.
Ditto. This poll makes me sad.

Tritto.

dmogmo · November 2009

Chrysallys:
fredalina:
i'm very anti-CIO.

Ditto. This poll makes me sad.

All of this. And why the rush to de-swaddle (was it still working)? If DS hadn't started having a fit everytime we did it we would have kept using it beyond 4 months I'm sure.

NY-allie · November 2009

You don't have a none button.

Kendall13 · November 2009

fredalina:
i'm very anti-CIO.

This.

rosesandpeonies · November 2009

My method: Whatever works to soothe her and help her go to sleep comfortably.

aniceucchik · November 2009

fredalina:
i'm very anti-CIO.

Yes

CalinsBride · November 2009

Right now we're doing the Pantley Pull Off to break the suck to sleep association, then we'll work on transitioning him into his p n p in our room where he'll sleep until we're ready for him to be in his own room (six months minimum). Our bed is just to small for all of us now and he kicks and it hurts. Once we've broken the suck to sleep association, we are going to do No Cry Sleep Solution 10 Day Plan. . .may be more exhausting than CIO, but I prefer gentler methods.

Mary0913 · November 2009

For the record, I am not looking to CIO - I merely asked the question. I'm not going to pass judgment or look down on anyone because their method of teaching their baby to self-soothe involves them crying. No one likes to hear their babies cry, but if that's what works for some people, fine. If that's what is going to work for us if we exhaust other options, so be it. I'm sorry if this poll makes people sad - it was not the intention.

Mary0913 · November 2009

diana82:
Chrysallys:
fredalina:
i'm very anti-CIO.

Ditto. This poll makes me sad.
All of this. And why the rush to de-swaddle (was it still working)? If DS hadn't started having a fit everytime we did it we would have kept using it beyond 4 months I'm sure.

We didn't "rush" to de-swaddle. She rolling over and I've found her sleeping on her face.

penguinem · November 2009

We used "secrets of the baby whisperer" as a loose guidline, but I also do primarily baby- led parenting, so I never force a routine on days when things are off. We really like baby whisperer, though. I highly recommend it.

Mary0913 · November 2009

penguinem:
We used "secrets of the baby whisperer" as a loose guidline, but I also do primarily baby- led parenting, so I never force a routine on days when things are off. We really like baby whisperer, though. I highly recommend it.

Thank you!

Mary0913 · November 2009

Goldie_Locks_5:

There are a LOT more sleep training methods than ferber or no-cry.... TONS...which is why i assume the "other" vote has a high vote.

Good - I'm looking for lots of options!

Cutemin · November 2009

My son was a screamer and never slept. No sleep method/advice ever worked for him. Any attempts at doing any thing other than rush right in to sooth him would result in hard, longer, more unconsolable screaming. Yet my baby girl, she sleeps like a dream. I put her in her crib, sometimes she fusses/gentle cries for a few minutes and falls asleep. But it really isn't a cry, especially after my DS. I could see though how someone with a baby like my DD would think that they let baby CIO and it worked wonders. This I think is why some people support CIO so much. You really need to figure out what your own baby needs.

jend062505 · November 2009

We did CIO with DD #1 and it worked great. She slept 7-7 at 11 weeks. DD#2 doesn't eat well so we are having to just go with it because she needs her night bottle still.

grinsandgiggles · November 2009

No CIO here, but I don't need it...yet. I don't know if I could do it. I will let him fuss, but not cry. I think if I decided to do something, I would research the method for putting the chair beside the bed and soothing them that way without picking them up.

MrsBeckaT615 · November 2009

Babywise..He's been STTN since 8 weeks

manda_mullins · November 2009

We used the sleep easy solution. DS was waking up once an hour or more and needed us to put him back to sleep. It's ferber-like (progressive waiting) but explained much more clearly and very apathetic to the parent and how hard it is to hear your baby cry.

The first night he cried less than he normally did when i was rocking/bouncing etc. The second night was just a few minutes and then he slept for 12 hours.

He went from the fussiest baby in the world to a very happy little boy now that he is getting quality sleep. I used to be against sleep-training and any method involving crying particularly, but after 5 months of us all being miserable and being told that he was chronically tired and would have developmental problems if he didn't sleep, i did what was best for him, even though it was hard for me to hear him upset.

HTH! I highly recommend the book. I read Ferber's book as well and found it confusing and jargon-filled.

Chrisy-Wyobride · November 2009

Chrysallys:
fredalina:
i'm very anti-CIO.
Ditto. This poll makes me sad.

Yeah, so was I when I had just one 4mo old. I refused to do CIO/Sleep-train that involved any crying w/ #1 & she didn't STTN. I was at my wits end & finally did CIO w/ both girls when DD#2 was 8mo old & DD#1 was 3. I challenge anyone else to go over 3yrs without STTN like I did--It was HELL & hindsight I was a zombie for years. So both my girls learned to STTN together...I felt better about letting them cry when they were together (they shared a room). It only took a few days & I thought I was so freaking dumb for suffering & having my family suffer all that time for a few days of some crying. Neither of my kids took pacifiers & I never could figure out how people had kids that willingly went down & stayed down. Now I know because DD#3 takes a pacifier & it's SO much easier & no CIO is involved. I don't judge people on if they feel the need to sleep train--as long as it's not a newborn...the pediatricians I've talked to said to do it between 4-9mo & so I think that's an acceptable time to try.

manda_mullins · November 2009

NY-allie:
You don't have a none button.

i assume that's because if you didn't do any sleep-training, this poll is not directed to you.

Shellbelle22 · November 2009

grinsandgiggles:
No CIO here, but I don't need it...yet. I don't know if I could do it. I will let him fuss, but not cry. I think if I decided to do something, I would research the method for putting the chair beside the bed and soothing them that way without picking them up.

We did that method when DD was 4-5 months. It worked really well! Then around 5 months, it stopped working and it made her more upset that we were there and weren't getting her out to play. Even though she was obviously tired. It's a great method to try though and I recommend it.

cupcake_queen · November 2009

rosesandpeonies:
My method: Whatever works to soothe her and help her go to sleep comfortably.

This! I've never sleep trained any of my children.

deeanneharris · November 2009

I haven't read any of the books, but we did do drowsy but awake starting at a few weeks old and she STTN at 2 months and so far we haven't had any regressions.

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