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Don't hate me- but I think my kid Ferbered himself.
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I have been dreading doing any sleep training- really, like making any excuse in the world, but it was starting to take a really long time to get D down and he was not really able to put himself back to sleep at all at night anymore.
Well, we triedfor the first time last weekend( actually DH did- I am such a chicken, I went and sat on the deck with my iPod) and he cried for less than a minute. I was barely outside when DH came to get me to tell me the coast was clear.
Every night since then- he has literally taken his bottle and gone right in his crib- Not a peep.
Tonight, he actually looked like he was annoyed at me because I did not put him in the crib right away. lol
WTH?
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Re: Don't hate me- but I think my kid Ferbered himself.
Our experience wasn't quite as good as yours, but close. We put it off until 8months or so when I stopped bf'ing (I was worried that she was waking up b/c she was hungry so once she was eff, I knew she was getting enough with her last bottle). When she woke up DH went in at the 3 minute mark and then I went in at the 5 minute mark, she was still crying when I left so I went to the bathroom and turned on the vent and the sink so I couldn't hear her and when I came out she was asleep. We never had an issue again.
I think the trick is doing it at the right time. we pretty much got lucky on it but I think it would have been a much different experience if we did it earlier or even if we did it much later.
Congrats!
I love this story! It just goes to show that not every kid has to scream his/her heart out for nights and nights on end.
Caroline was ridiculously easy to sleep train...and I'm now Dr. Ferber's biggest fan. I PPH him...seriously...
Way to go, D!!
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Hooray! We didn't do a specific sleep training, but we did try very hard to give him a chance to go back to sleep when he woke outside of feeding times. Starting around 6 months, he had a really predicatable nursing schedule overnight, and if he woke up in between, we'd give it 5 min or so to see if he'd go back down. He nearly always did. I think for us, the combo of him generally being a good sleeper and also doing the "training" when he was young was key. I fully suspect we are just very lucky!!
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