Sleep Trainer/Consultant for baby???

Tarepanda88 · March 2011

Hi, just wanted to get a general idea of how many people have hired a sleep consultant for their baby who won't sleep well or nap despite everything they have tried, and if you had good success with it ? I've done most if not everything to help my baby sleep and it was working until she hit 4 months old... all of a sudden, our get-to-sleep techniques fail half the time.

heres a reference to things i have tried:

https://www.askdrsears.com/html/7/t070300.asp

Dreamsicle23 · March 2011

I assume since you're citing Dr. Sears you haven't tried Ferber or another CIO method. Assuming there's nothing medically wrong with your baby, CIO will not harm them. It will not make them not trust you and it will not screw them up for life, and it will certainly cost a hell of a lot less than a sleep consultant.

blondek8 · March 2011

I think a sleep consultant for an infant is an enormous waste of money. Babies do not sleep like adults and we can't expect them to. At 4 months it's not out of the ordinary for your LO to be hard to put down, not STTN, wake to feed ... etc. Does it suck? HeII yeah, but it will get better. Not much consolation I know. I guess if you want to spend the dough on a sleep trainer go nuts. My almost 6 month old twins still wake during the night to feed and sometimes wake multiple times for no real discernable reason.

josie12367 · March 2011

I somewhat agree with the PP....I am or should say was totally against CIO.....BUT it is the only thing that has worked with our daughter. Nothing else worked...the pick up/put down, ferber (the constant check in's), the attatchment way of sitting outside the crib with your hand to soothe them on their chest till they fall asleep, even nursing to sleep stopped working, swaddling she just breaks out of now (no matter how tight we get it)....so finally with the assistance of a book called "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" I got a new frame of mind. I let her cry for up to an hour for naptime (only takes 20mins though max) to fall asleep and it's a no time limit on bedtime (but you must be consistant with your routine and make sure that you're putting them down BEFORE they are too tired) I highly recommend this book....she went from only being able to nap in a swing to now napping sometimes two hours in her crib! Yes, it is heartbreaking to listen to them crying but if you watch a clock, it's not nearly as long as it feels like......try it and then if it doesn't work....shell out some big bucks for a consultant

rubredvelvet · March 2011

I agree with others, I feel as though that would be a waste. But coming from th other side of the spectrum, we also do not CIO. I am a SAHM and don't mind rocking her to sleep everytime and co sleeping at night. Infact we have come to enjoy it because they are only this small for so long. I would enjoy the time you have during the night because it will soon be over (obviously if yOu work I see the problem with that though..)