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*~*. Sleep Training Check In *~*

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1) Day number/Start date

2) Length of time crying before LO fell asleep

3) Any wakeups

4) Dreamfeed/regular feeding

5) What you did to stay busy and not cry

6) Any challenges/questions/concerns

7) Progress Update/Successes

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Re: *~*. Sleep Training Check In *~*

  • JKGymnastJKGymnast member

    1) Day number/Start date

    13 I think? (7:30-7am- yay!)

    2) Length of time crying before LO fell asleep

    none, she just talks to herself for a minute or two. It's so cute.

    3) Any wakeups

    Typical 4am to eat!

    4) Dreamfeed/regular feeding

    Regular feeding

    5) What you did to stay busy and not cry

    N/A

    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns

    These short cat naps are killers. :-(

    7) Progress Update/Successes.

    After a tough night 12, night 13 was fabulous!

    ETA: Nap #1: 55 minutes of crying. :-( So, no nap. My poor baby! Why is it sometimes she does great, and sometimes she doesn't?
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  • PoppymamaPoppymama member

     

    1) Day number/Start date: day one

    2) Length of time crying before LO fell asleep : she screamed from 645-711, slept for 33 minutes, screamed from 743-930, nursed her and then she FINALLY fell asleep at 1015. Woke up 10 minutes later and screamed until midnight. At this point I gave up as it had been over 5 hours and put her back in her RNP. She slept 12am-530am.

    3) Any wakeups: 530 to eat

    4) Dreamfeed/regular feeding

    Regular feeding

    5) What you did to stay busy and not cry: TB!!! and Pinterest

    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns : I think we need to transition from RNP to crib before trying the sleep training. She's been doing naps in the crib for a month now. THey only last 20-30 minutes though so I'm not sure. I think it was too much at onec. Any advice is appreciated.

    7) Progress Update/Successes: none :(

     

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  • bluejettabluejetta member

    Nap Day 2.  Day 1 went OK the first nap was 15 min of crying and only 10 sleeping but our last nap of the day was no crying and an hour of sleeping.

    First nap this am, still crying.  Ugh. 

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  • babybmombabybmom member

    1) Day number/Start date - 8th night (8:30pm-7:30am)

    2) Length of time crying before LO fell asleep - none 

    3) Any wakeups - 2:50 & 5:30

    4) Dreamfeed/regular feeding - dreamfeed at 11pm, regular feeds at wakeups

    5) What you did to stay busy and not cry - N/A

    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns - She seems to be fighting naptime now. I started doing a naptime routine where we go in her room, put on the sleep sack, read a book and then rock for a little bit before I put her in her crib. Now, as soon as she gets the sleep sack on, she starts freaking out. Even when I know she's tired and ready to sleep, she is still freaking out. I have tried keeping her up a bit longer, and I've tried putting her down as soon as I see she's getting tired. Either way, she's fighting it. This morning, I couldn't even finish the book I was reading because she was squirming around so much, so i just gave her a kiss and put her in her crib. She's been crying for 15 minutes already. Yesterday she cried for 30 mins for all her naps except one.

    7) Progress Update/Successes - last night she slept for 8:30pm-2:50am, which is the longest stretch of sleep she has done since starting to sleep train. She was also wide awake at both feedings through the night, and after I put her back in her bed and left the room, she didn't make a sound and went right back to sleep.

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  • Pantone99Pantone99

    1) Day number/Start date - 6

    2) Length of time crying before LO fell asleep - 0, was out immediately

    3) Any wakeups - DH woke her up at 12a to feed her. She woke up for what I expected to be a second feeding at 3:30 (she does this like clockwork) but because she was fussing and talking instead of crying, I decided to wait to get her up. After 15 min of that, she fell back asleep. This is a total success b.c I think she was waking the 2nd time more out of habit than hunger and she hardly eats when I feed her at that point.

    4) Dreamfeed/regular feeding - regular

    5) What you did to stay busy and not cry - went to target

    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns - feel like we're doing a combo of the sleepeasy and ferber ways of weaning her from the 2nd feeding which isn't good for DD. She may be confused...but at the same time, she is showing that she can put herself back to sleep so much better than she was ever able to do before. So I'm not going to sweat it and will continue to give her the chance to wake up and put herself back to sleep around the second feeding...she may wean from it in the next few days on her own.

    7) Progress Update/Successes- Naps! Ladies that are still struggling with naps, I feel your pain. DD is doing pretty well right now but it was a harrowing week. Just know that I'm hugging you virtually and telling you that it will get better. Just like PP, when I start the nap routine with DD, she knows exactly where it is leading and starts to thrash in my arms and yell and scream. I still sing and try to rub her back the best that I can and then put her down. No matter how much she protests, she usually falls asleep in 5-8 minutes. So it does get better! :)

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  • JKGymnastJKGymnast member
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    1) Day number/Start date: 11? 12?

    2) Length of time crying before LO fell asleep: less than a minute

    3) Any wakeups: TONS! I think it was the sweet potato we gave her. :( She was up at 8:45, 9:40, 11:40, and then she went until 3:00 and 5:00.

    4) Dreamfeed/regular feeding: I fed her at 3 and 5

    5) What you did to stay busy and not cry: watched tv

    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns: not sure what threw a wrench in my good sleeper. She had a ton of gas around midnight, and one wakeup was because she boxed herself in to the corner of the crib.

    7) Progress Update/Successes

    JK - I tried the diaper change at 5 am, she cried through it, and then at 8 she had a poopy diaper. :( 

    Aww bummer!!
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  • jackiemfjackiemf member
    1) Day number/Start date Day 3

    7:30 Bedtime, 7:45 Awake time

    2) Length of time crying before LO fell asleep At bedtime 0! He was out in 3 minutes. It couldn't have been any better.

    3) Any wakeups 10:15 and 1:45, I fed both times. When I put him down the 2nd time he must have been fast asleep and woke up. He cried an hour and a half,fell asleep, got up 10 mins later, fell asleep, got back up and looked around for 40 mins and fell asleep with out a peep. Then slept until 7:45.

    5) What you did to stay busy and not cry - Listened to Ipod and looked at the montior

    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns Do you make sure LO is still up when you put down or doesn't it matter? Do you wake LO at the same time every morning? I think I messed up feeding him at 10:15, but I just thought that was better than waiting for him to get up an hour later when I would rather be sleeping.

    7) Progress Update/Successes Bedtime went awesome last night! Our first nap of the morning was also a huge success today. Not one fuss and he slept 1 1/2 hrs, which hasn't happened in 3 weeks!

    I feel like this is an emotionally roller coaster because you make such progress but then there are some periods where there is a lot of crying again, but for only the start of day 3 I think we are doing pretty well!

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    1) Day number/Start date: day one

    2) Length of time crying before LO fell asleep : she screamed from 645-711, slept for 33 minutes, screamed from 743-930, nursed her and then she FINALLY fell asleep at 1015. Woke up 10 minutes later and screamed until midnight. At this point I gave up as it had been over 5 hours and put her back in her RNP. She slept 12am-530am.

    3) Any wakeups: 530 to eat

    4) Dreamfeed/regular feeding

    Regular feeding

    5) What you did to stay busy and not cry: TB!!! and Pinterest

    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns : I think we need to transition from RNP to crib before trying the sleep training. She's been doing naps in the crib for a month now. THey only last 20-30 minutes though so I'm not sure. I think it was too much at onec. Any advice is appreciated.

    7) Progress Update/Successes: none :(

     

    We had HUGE problems from transitioning to the RNP to crib at night even after a month of naps in it, so we decided to transition all at once while sleep training and I think it is going pretty well. We had an hour and a half nap this morning for the first time in weeks and on just the third night he sleeps better than he had in the RNP. I just figure why not get all the crying out of the way now instead of dealing with it again when you make another change. Good luck with whatever you decide to do, but just stick with it. I know it is sooo hard, but I always think to myself that if I give in it just means more crying for LO in the long run and less sleep for everyone then.

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  • chargermamachargermama
    1) Day number/Start date - day 3 (7:35 - 8:20) 2) Length of time crying before LO fell asleep - 22 minutes 3) Any wakeups - 1:21, 4:44, 6:56 4) Dreamfeed/regular feeding - I did a dream feed at 10:10, regular feedings at other wake ups 5) What you did to stay busy and not cry - put big kids to bed, knitted 6) Any challenges/questions/concerns - naps are still a challenge. I think the dream feed messed us up. The first 2 nights she woke up at 10:45 and 3:55, but with the dream feed she woke up an extra time. 7) Progress Update/Successes - I don't think she is ready to get up at 7. After her feeding at 6:55 this morning I let her go back to sleep and she slept for almost another hour and a half. Plus she was in a better mood when she woke up. Also her first nap today went better. An hour nap YAY
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  • JKGymnastJKGymnast member
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    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns : I think we need to transition from RNP to crib before trying the sleep training. She's been doing naps in the crib for a month now. THey only last 20-30 minutes though so I'm not sure. I think it was too much at onec. Any advice is appreciated.

    We had HUGE problems from transitioning to the RNP to crib at night even after a month of naps in it, so we decided to transition all at once while sleep training and I think it is going pretty well. We had an hour and a half nap this morning for the first time in weeks and on just the third night he sleeps better than he had in the RNP. I just figure why not get all the crying out of the way now instead of dealing with it again when you make another change. Good luck with whatever you decide to do, but just stick with it. I know it is sooo hard, but I always think to myself that if I give in it just means more crying for LO in the long run and less sleep for everyone then.

    I agree with all of this 100%. We did the same with the paci and it wasn't too bad at all. Do it all at once and LO might surprise you. Good job so far; It is going to get easier!
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    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns Do you make sure LO is still up when you put down or doesn't it matter? Do you wake LO at the same time every morning? I think I messed up feeding him at 10:15, but I just thought that was better than waiting for him to get up an hour later when I would rather be sleeping.

    I feel like this is an emotionally roller coaster because you make such progress but then there are some periods where there is a lot of crying again, but for only the start of day 3 I think we are doing pretty well!

    I think three things... I definitely make sure DD is awake when I put her down. I want her to see the crib that she is sleeping in when she falls asleep and not see my chest/arms that she fell asleep in... Otherwise she'll wake up expecting to be in my arms still. Does that make sense? I keep the lights on low (we have a dimmer), and I don't shut them off until she's in the crib. Also, this process is definitely a one step forward, two steps back process. Or at least it feels that way. Eventually you will catch up and everything will fall into place but they are learning... And learning takes time. (I think this is where I need to eat my words!!).

    Lastly, I think you are doing a great job!! ;-)

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  • alt0925alt0925
    Unfortunately, I have to start completely over from scratch. My mom was around and helping me with DD for about a week and completely undid everything we had accomplished. She gives her her binky, lets her nap at 5 p.m. and so on. So as of tonight, I'm back to night 1. :(
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    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns : I think we need to transition from RNP to crib before trying the sleep training. She's been doing naps in the crib for a month now. THey only last 20-30 minutes though so I'm not sure. I think it was too much at onec. Any advice is appreciated.

    We had HUGE problems from transitioning to the RNP to crib at night even after a month of naps in it, so we decided to transition all at once while sleep training and I think it is going pretty well. We had an hour and a half nap this morning for the first time in weeks and on just the third night he sleeps better than he had in the RNP. I just figure why not get all the crying out of the way now instead of dealing with it again when you make another change. Good luck with whatever you decide to do, but just stick with it. I know it is sooo hard, but I always think to myself that if I give in it just means more crying for LO in the long run and less sleep for everyone then.

    I agree with all of this 100%. We did the same with the paci and it wasn't too bad at all. Do it all at once and LO might surprise you. Good job so far; It is going to get easier!

    So we did the nap in the crib but a bit differently. Instead of putting in her crib with a cuddle and kiss and leaving, we rocked a bit to calm her down and then put her in the crib. She cried/whined for a minute and I shushed and patted her chest and she fell asleep for an hour!! She woke up and ate and started falling asleep again so I put her back in the crib, bit of crying/whining, pat, shush and out for another hour!!! So a two hour nap with a 10 minute feeding in between (she was due to eat anyway) so I am quite happy with that! Will do the bedtime routine tonight with the rock/pat/shush and see where that goes. Trying to get her completely out of the RNP. Even though  will REALLY miss her being right next to me I know it's best for everyone..maybe DH and I can get busy again, since it's only happened 4 times since DD got here,lol.

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  • babybmombabybmom member

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    Unfortunately, I have to start completely over from scratch. My mom was around and helping me with DD for about a week and completely undid everything we had accomplished. She gives her her binky, lets her nap at 5 p.m. and so on. So as of tonight, I'm back to night 1. :(

    This is why I am worried about leaving my daughter with my mom or MIL now that I've gotten into this process. I know neither one of them will put her down and let her cry. I also know that while my husband is really supportive of me doing sleep training, if he were home by himself, he would cave and pick her up and rock her after so long. It kind of makes me hesitant to go anywhere, even during the day since she is such a poor napper, because I could come home to an overtired and cranky baby.

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    6) Any challenges/questions/concerns Do you make sure LO is still up when you put down or doesn't it matter? Do you wake LO at the same time every morning? I think I messed up feeding him at 10:15, but I just thought that was better than waiting for him to get up an hour later when I would rather be sleeping.

    I feel like this is an emotionally roller coaster because you make such progress but then there are some periods where there is a lot of crying again, but for only the start of day 3 I think we are doing pretty well!

    I think three things... I definitely make sure DD is awake when I put her down. I want her to see the crib that she is sleeping in when she falls asleep and not see my chest/arms that she fell asleep in... Otherwise she'll wake up expecting to be in my arms still. Does that make sense? I keep the lights on low (we have a dimmer), and I don't shut them off until she's in the crib. Also, this process is definitely a one step forward, two steps back process. Or at least it feels that way. Eventually you will catch up and everything will fall into place but they are learning... And learning takes time. (I think this is where I need to eat my words!!).

     

    Lastly, I think you are doing a great job!! ;-)

    I agree, great job! 

    Thanks ladies you are awesome! I do not know what I would do with out the support of people going through this at the same time. :)

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  • jackiemfjackiemf member

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    Unfortunately, I have to start completely over from scratch. My mom was around and helping me with DD for about a week and completely undid everything we had accomplished. She gives her her binky, lets her nap at 5 p.m. and so on. So as of tonight, I'm back to night 1. :(

    I am soooo sorry. I would be super pissed!

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