Anybody not sleep training?

kay1111 · September 2012

I'm pretty sure if I never read these boards I never would have come across sleep training.. Never heard any of my friends/family do it.. But I see tons of people on here do. Does everyone do this? I was just sort of planning on "going with the flow."

Zimger · September 2012

We are not. He sleeps well so I don't think training is necessary.

oliversmommy32912 · September 2012

We did "sleep train" but only because DS would sleep nowhere but in our arms. For four months we literally could not put the kid down. He learned how to fall asleep on his own in the crib overnight. In our situation I feel it was necessary not only for our sanity but for his safety. He would only sleep on one of our chests for naps and for most of the night. I'm all for bed sharing but that couldn't possibly be safe! We too are go with the flow people. As far as night weaning goes, we have no plans to do that. If DS wakes at night its because he is hungry and I have no intention of cutting out night feedings until he is ready just because I don't like getting up at night. If our next one sleeps on its own we probably won't do any kind of sleep training.

sweetMay119 · September 2012

I'm not, even though my 4 mnth old is a terrible sleeper. I asked her ped this week about it out of curiosity, and he said she is too young. His recommendation is 9 months, but 6 if desperate. Either way I would opt for a no cry solution, but that's just me.

freezorburn · September 2012

We're about to move 8 time zones east, so I figure why bother.

RioG1978 · September 2012

No training here. My almost 4 month old is usually up twice a night, sometimes more, sometimes (like last night!) sleeps for 8 hours. I just can't believe that babies do anything they don't need to do at this age - so if she's waking up to eat (or just dream feed) than it's because she needs to. And I think this philosophy will follow me for the duration.

alliecat1234 · September 2012

Also not sleep training. My baby is almost 4 months and sleeps a 4-5 hour stretch and then is up every 2 hours after that. I just bring him in bed with me after the first stretch. I just don't expect him to sleep through the night right now (or for a while).

katieh1017 · September 2012

We aren't doing anything specific. She's been in her crib 4 nights. The first 2 she was up every hour. We just went in, gave the paci and she was back to sleep. Then night 3 she was up twice. Last night only up once. We do however rock her to sleep so I am going to try putting her down on her own and see what happens.

FWIW, we aren't opposed to trying different things but right now we are just seeing what happens.

tjkdlhb · September 2012

I didn't. However, I don't believe in one size fits all solutions... We didn't need to. From birth we figured if she was hungry she'd wake up and need to be fed...so that's what we did. As a newborn we didn't want to try to keep her awake either...but she started sleeping for longer stretches on her own and now she sleeps for 10-12 hours and gets up one time to eat during that stretch, usually at about 6 am.

My nephew didn't know how to sleep, so they did sleep training with him. They did it at a little less than 5 months. I do think that for that child it was necessary. He is much happier now that he sleeps through the night and it only took a couple of nights to get him there.

I'm not a fan of the idea of CIO at a very early age.... but as they get older it is a different scenario IMO.

ETA: If a baby is waking up mid-night, it is probably because they are hungry... definitely wouldn't deny them food! I did wait a minute or two to see if it was just a change in the sleep cycle and if she'd drift off again though before picking her up...

mben1119 · September 2012

We did not sleep train. DS started STTN 12-14 hours at around 6 months old. I'm in the opinion that babies will STTN when they are ready, not when we are!

meglette417 · September 2012

We are not, he goes a good 10 hours a night, so I get him sleepy in my arms then lay him in bed. Our only issue is he loves the pacifier so if that falls out while he is rubbing his eyes he starts to fuss, once that goes back in we are fine. Some nights it falls out at 3 in the morning which gets a little annoying but our pedi said sucking till 6 months is soothing so I am not going to try get rid of it yet.

jasminelorraine20 · September 2012

We're not going to "train" our baby to sleep. DS is 3 months and wakes up twice in the middle of the night, but I'm pretty sure it is normal for an infant to wake up when he/she is hungry. I do get tired, but I know this won't last forever. Plus, who has time to read a book? I'm too busy doing other things.

shellpie84 · September 2012

For us, sleep training has nothing to do with her sleeping through the night. We just started a week ago becuase LO was only napping in my arms and we were walking her to sleep every night for an hour. I was started to get very frusterated and that wasn't good for me or for baby. As an added bonus she has started sleeping better at night but I still feed her if she wakes up and does her hungry cry.

kay1111 · September 2012

jasminelorraine20:
We're not going to "train" our baby to sleep. DS is 3 months and wakes up twice in the middle of the night, but I'm pretty sure it is normal for an infant to wake up when he/she is hungry. I do get tired, but I know this won't last forever. Plus, who has time to read a book? I'm too busy doing other things.

Lol I agree! When would I ever be able to read a book....

cassiehansen · September 2012

Our baby still gets up two to three times a night and I don't plan on sleep training. She eats and goes right back to bed and for now I'm just dealing with less sleep. If it really continues to stretch out I guess I'd think about it but for now we're doing just fine.

kdjudd · September 2012

I will not be sleep training. I allow Renee to set her own schedule. I'm all about attachment parenting!

PetitePomme · September 2012

We're not planning on sleep training. I'm home with DD until she's a year old so I'm kind of letting her make our schedule. She sleeps great at night so I let her nap when she needs it during the day (not when I schedule it or deem it necessary). I think I'd be more worried about sleep training if I was going back to work now and DD was starting daycare.

stemms8810 · September 2012

Zimger:
We are not. He sleeps well so I don't think training is necessary.

This. It isn't necessary if your baby is sleeping well and it's not anything to get worked up about until they are a little older, like 6 months maybe? My LO sleeps well so I haven't considered it at this time. In a couple months if I feel he won't sleep because he thinks it's a game to have me go in and ot of his room several times a night to put him back to sleep, then yes I will consider it.

angelrue522 · September 2012

We are not sleep training, I never did with DS1 and he is the best sleeper!

strawberrytree · September 2012

We're not sleep training either. He still wakes up a couple times at night to nurse, but I'm fine with that. He falls asleep just fine and sleeps in his bed, so I have no complaints. We're all about AP in our house too.

I am so happy someone made this post...I was starting to feel like I was the only one who wasn't sleep training!

tarajayne · September 2012

We aren't, although ideally it would be nice for us to have our boys nap on the same schedule, they are fine with napping when they want to. They sleep from about 8-7 waking up once to eat. It works for us.

shannm · September 2012

We are just going with the flow too. DD woke every three hours to eat since birth till last week. Then she started giving me nine hour stretches. She did it on her own when she was ready so I felt no need to "train" her.

BelleWithABlade · September 2012

We aren't planning to either. Things may change in the future, but for now it's not even on my radar.

ktpaladino · September 2012

DS is almost 5 months and I am just starting to look into it. He is up every hour at night and will only take 2 to 3 short 5 to 15 minute naps a day. He has major sleep associations with the boob and has to be nursed back to sleep every time which is turning him into a little porker LOL! The lack of sleep is not good for his health and development. He gets so overtired sometimes that he's almost catatonic and unresponsive and fussy as all get out. We've ruled out all other possible reasons for his sleep issues at the doctor and she have me the go ahead to start a gentle method such as the Sleep Lady Shuffle or the No Cry Sleep Solution. She didn't recommend true Ferberizing CIO until 9 months of age even though the books will tell you otherwise. I feel like my lack of sleep has also started to negatively affect my mental health so, after I do a bit more research, we will probably give it a shot.

skibunny59 · September 2012

ktpaladino:
DS is almost 5 months and I am just starting to look into it. He is up every hour at night and will only take 2 to 3 short 5 to 15 minute naps a day. He has major sleep associations with the boob and has to be nursed back to sleep every time which is turning him into a little porker LOL! The lack of sleep is not good for his health and development. He gets so overtired sometimes that he's almost catatonic and unresponsive and fussy as all get out. We've ruled out all other possible reasons for his sleep issues at the doctor and she have me the go ahead to start a gentle method such as the Sleep Lady Shuffle or the No Cry Sleep Solution. She didn't recommend true Ferberizing CIO until 9 months of age even though the books will tell you otherwise. I feel like my lack of sleep has also started to negatively affect my mental health so, after I do a bit more research, we will probably give it a shot.

All of this. My 6 month old DD is the same exact way and she has bags under her eyes from lack of sleep.

MickeyM04 · September 2012

theresat858:

We have no intentions of sleep training. It seems like some people want to do it just for the heck of it...even though their LOs do not actually have a sleep problem that needs solving.

I'm all for sleep training if it is warranted/necessary and the baby is old enough. But my DD sleeps for an 8 hour stretch and then another 3 hours most nights, and I don't see this as a problem that needs fixing.

As per usual I agree with theresa

DS sleeps most nights from 7:30 - 3:30 when he wants to eat, and then we have to go wake him at 6:15 to feed him/change him/etc. to catch the train. I don't really see this as something that he needs to be trained not to do, if that makes sense. I talked to our ped about it at his 4 month appointment (sleep training that is) and he said for a breastfed baby, if you can get a 6 hour stretch of sleep at night, that's great, and he usually doesn't recommend sleep training breastfed babies simply because breast milk is digested so quickly so to get much more than 6 hours out of them is not super common. Considering we get 8 every night, I consider myself lucky.

If it comes to the point when he's getting up once a night and it's not to eat (like he just wants to hang out), we may try some variation of cry it out, but if the ped says most breastfed babies need to eat during the night, I'm certainly not going to try sleep training him if he's waking up out of hunger.

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