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Sleep Lady Shuffle

skibunny59skibunny59 member
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Anyone have experience with this sleep training method?  My 6 month old DD's sleep has been terrible the past month.  It takes about 40 minutes to an hour just to get her down at night and she is up 2 or 3 times a night.  I wouldn't mind her getting up at night but it takes about 40minutes to an hour to put her back down.  I often take her into my bed when I am just so exhausted but we actually all sleep much better when she is in her crib.  When I bring her into bed with me she will comfort suck all night long.  She was sleeping through the night and I don't know what happened.  I don't mind feeding her in the middle of the night but many times she just wants to comfort suck.  She has zero self soothing skills and although I am a fairly patient person I am starting to get very frustrated.  She has never napped well and she spends most of her day very overtired.

I know Ferber is very popular but I don't think it would work for her.  I think the check ins with no pick ups would just frustrate her even more  I want to choose the most gentle method possible.  I read the sleep lady shuffle and I think it may work.  Has anyone tried it?  How old was your LO and how long before you saw results?  I also read No Cry Sleep Solution but honestly, I didn't really like it.  I mean she has some good ideas but she doesn't really offer a concrete plan.  I'm the type of person that needs a step by step approach.

Thanks Ladies! 

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Re: Sleep Lady Shuffle

  • katncrackkatncrack
    We tried the shuffle and I think it is a great method, but it didn't work for us. You need to stick with it and it can take a long time for baby to fall asleep. I'm sure it has worked for others though. Ferber our version where we only let it go for a few minutes and capped it at a certain length worked at one time, but our Lo developed some intense separation anxiety and we moved into a family bed. We have had so many sleep issues and one thing that helped us at bedtime is moving bedtime later. Our doc said that even though baby might seem tired, if it is taking hours for her to get to sleep, her bedtime should be later. It worked for us.
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  • skibunny59skibunny59 member

    imagekatncrack:
    We tried the shuffle and I think it is a great method, but it didn't work for us. You need to stick with it and it can take a long time for baby to fall asleep. I'm sure it has worked for others though. Ferber our version where we only let it go for a few minutes and capped it at a certain length worked at one time, but our Lo developed some intense separation anxiety and we moved into a family bed. We have had so many sleep issues and one thing that helped us at bedtime is moving bedtime later. Our doc said that even though baby might seem tired, if it is taking hours for her to get to sleep, her bedtime should be later. It worked for us.

    You said it can take a long time for baby to fall asleep with the Sleep Lady Shuffle.  How long?  

    DD used to go to bed around 9:30/10:00 and STTN until around 7:00 in the morning.  This was difficult for us though because especially since she doesn't nap well, I never really got a break and DH and I never got to spend time together.  I would basically put her to bed and go to bed myself.  We moved her bedtime 7:00 and for awhile she was doing well with it.  She would wake up around 9:00 at night and we would just resettle her and then she would STTN until 5:30AM when my husband's alarm went off (I think she could have slept longer but the alarm would wake her).

    I really don't want to be putting her down to bed so late at night like I was before.  Maybe I will try moving her bedtime to 8:00? 

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  • tokenhosertokenhoser member

    I would suggest listening to something (podcasts, audio book, music) on headphones while you're hanging out in the dark. It's easier to be patient if you're not bored to tears.

    I sort of tried it, but DS just won't calm down if I'm in the room and not holding/nursing him.

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  • Que*SyrahQue*Syrah member

    Not sure if his age is a factor, but I'm doing it with my 2.5 year old (just transitioned out of the crib) and it's working fabulously. You have to be really consistent with it and move on after the third day though, otherwise you are just avoiding the inevitable.

    The first 4 nights it took an hour for him to fall asleep. The next two nights about 45 and then it dropped to about half an hour and tonight it was 11 minutes.

    Tomorrow night I start the last phase where I sit outside the room where he can't see me.

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