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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
School me on Ferber-ology...
Can the Ferber Method be done on a 15 month old? Anyone done it at this age with success? DD has always been a good sleeper until the last couple of months. We have resorted to rocking her to sleep and rocking when she wakes during the night (but as soon as her head hits the mattress she screams). She eventually ends up in our bed and while she sleeps great we can't. I hate the thought of doing this, but we need to do something. I know all her other needs are met, we have just been caving too long and she knows she will end up in our bed if she is persistent.
So if it worked for you at this age, can you give me some pointers or encouragement. If you had luck with another method I am open to anything.
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Re: School me on Ferber-ology...
We are on day 5 of full on Ferber, CIO.
We were originally a bed-sharing family, but I was done, and not getting enough sleep to feel functional the next day. I read the book, and while I thought I understood the concept, I feel like I learned a lot. So we transitioned slowly. First just to his room, still in bed with me, then the crib side-carred, and me patting him to sleep, then side-car no patting, and 5 days ago, the crib went back to its original placement and we put him down awake.
I definitely recommend waiting until LO is really tired, like the book says, bump back bedtime to make sure baby is sleepy when you start. But I do think we have been successful, he cried for 25 minutes the first 2 nights, about 2 minutes the 3rd night, and last night went down without a peep at 9:15 and woke up at 7:45 this morning. I didn't have to replace a paci during the night or anything!
Good luck! I think you can do it!
We did it at 19 months and please, i recommend if you are going to do training, do it now! We followed the Sleep Easy solution which is basically a ferber type of thing. The book was a big help if you want to check it out at the library.
It took almost a week but he eventually learned to fall asleep on his own and now it's "good night mommy!" with elmo under one arm and his matchbox monster truck in the other hand. Nothing short of a miracle for a child who prior to training STTN maybe 5 times.
We started with 10 min intervals with 30 second check ins. NO touching is what the book said. It was SO freaking hard but it made a difference. I went in (or DH) and said how great he was doing and good night and i love you, etc with big smiles and then I would cry when I left the room. DS threw everything out of his crib and had major meltdowns. It ain't pretty but it worked. Increase the intervals by 5 min and stop going in when they stop crying. Eventually he was ok and would sort of talk to himself and then down to sleep.
It is a blessing now and everyone is much more well rested and happy! I wish you much luck!!!