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Sleep Training fing sucks!

Josie22Josie22
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We've tried every different method I can think of, and none of them work. My husband has decided he needs to hold him and put him to bed sound asleep. Which is NOT helping me. He just sits and SCREAMS. No matter what way we try, CIO, going in and soothing every time he fuses. Doing the go in and calm, then waiting for longer periods. Every method I have heard of. It all ends in screaming. He finally wears himself out, or my husband comforts him to sleep.

I'm just hating this. He has no problem going down for his naps. We lay him in asleep, and he drifts off peacefully. But at night he just screams.

I'm not really looking for advice. Just need to vent and commiserate.  Because hearing my baby crying so much just sucks. I really hope one of these times I'll find something that works.

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Re: Sleep Training fing sucks!

  • pinkmoonlightpinkmoonlight member

    Sorry you are having a rough time, but this reason is why we are NOT and have not sleep trained either one of our kids. It causes everyone in the house to much stress and mama will not have her babies crying.

    That being said... DD who is 2 was never sleep trained and sleeps wonderfully most of the time, unless she is sick.

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  • mylittlesunshinemylittlesunshine member
    Sorry to hear that it isn't going as planned. I know you said you weren't looking for advice, but I read this and wondered....how long have you been trying CIO? I ask because with DD1 it took a good week or two until we could just lay her down and she would fall asleep. Also, it needs to be done consistently...so for bed time AND naps.

    Lastly, it sounds like you and DH need to have a talk about your sleep training plan. You both need to be on the same page. Sleep training isn't for everyone and each baby is different and responds to it differently. It is ok to modify what the "experts" say, just remember to be consistent.
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  • NatKingBabyNatKingBaby member
    You have tried a lot of different methods for slep training, but ow long did you stick to each one?  Consistency is important, and most experts will sy you need to stik to a slep training method consistently fi at least a week to see if it is working or not.
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  • laurenhankeylaurenhankey member
    I am so sorry to hear you're having trouble getting your LO to sleep for you at night!  What is DH doing to soothe LO to sleep at night?  Are you able to do the same thing? If this works then I don't see the need to sleep train.  We soothed LO to sleep at night by rocking, then trasitioned to the swing where she falls asleep now and then we put her down in her crib.  We can also now put her down completely awake and she'll sleep on her own.  We never did any formal sleep training.  I think stick w/ what works (unless it's NOT working - like LO is waking up all hrs of the night) and LO will eventually be able to fall asleep on his own.
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  • Josie22Josie22

    We've done each method for 1-2 weeks. Unless it just made things worse.
    DH rocks him & walks him to sleep. Which does work, but I don't want that to be the only way he sleeps.

    My preference is to put him down dry, full, and awake but near sleeping. We do the same thing for naps & bed time. But at bed time it ends in screams. At nap time he just easily falls asleep. My oldest didn't give us nearly as much trouble.

    When we finally get him to sleep, he's good for a couple hours, then he's up every hour- 2 hours. It started after we moved, and he was 4 months. So I figured it was just adjusting to the move, or the 4 month wakefuls. Now it's driving me crazy.

    I'm sure we'll figure out, and he'll sleep more. It just sucks right now.

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  • catmtlcatmtl member

    imageNatKingBaby:
    You have tried a lot of different methods for slep training, but ow long did you stick to each one?  Consistency is important, and most experts will sy you need to stik to a slep training method consistently fi at least a week to see if it is working or not.

    I was going to say this. It sounds like you're desperate and a bit all over the map.

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