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afraid to sleep train

kabbride06kabbride06
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My DS is 5 months. He's always slept in the snuggle nest in our bed. He's always been a good sleeper and STTN around 3 months old.  He's not STTN anymore. I'm coughing it up to wakeful period or developmental milestone cause he's not crying but talking and wanting to play. I've tried a few times to get him to sleep in the crib, even naps and he wakes up after a few minutes.

 I have no problem doing the ferber method. I did it with my DD and it worked after 2 nights. But, that is the problem. My DDis 3 and her room is literally a foot away from DS room (all bedrooms are very close together). My DS has a loud piercing cry right away. I"m sooo afraid he's going to wake her up if i let him cry. I can't handle 2 kids up at night ( i work full time). They both have a white noise machine but my DD sometimes wakes up with loud noises. I'm really torn. Anyone in a similar situation where you don't want to wake any other kids or babies. What did you do?

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  • kateraidkateraid member
    I have been working on getting DS in his crib for the past six weeks. I am all about anything that involves no cry. A personal preference. So far as of last night my DS slept six hours in his crib. We use a crib wedge for him and towels under the sheets to keep him from moving around. He will only sleep on these super soft velour type sheets made by Carter's. I successfully got him to nap in his crib also and he is used to only napping on me and now I working on extending his naps as they are only 30 minutes each. If you pick him up and rock him until he's drowsy and put him back down in his crib and jiggle him until he's out it will eventually stick. Apparently that will lead to him falling asleep on his own in time too but I'm not there yet. Good luck!
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  • nanabanana06nanabanana06
    I tried sleep training with DD to get her out of my bed so many times after the first 4 months. Eventually I just kept her in bed and let her decide when she was ready. That happens to have been at 7 months. That is when she went to her crib with no fuss.
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  • kabbride06kabbride06
    thanks for the advice! I will try holding him until he is drowsy & putting him down & jiggle/rock him for a bit. Its funny i purposely had him sleep in a snuggle nest lying flat so when i transferred him to the crib it wouldn't be a big adjustment for him. My plan failed...lol. My DD slept in a bouncer for 6 months (had acid reflux) and when i put her in the crib she had no problem, expect a month later separation anxiety kicked in..hence sleep training. Oh well, first year is always the hardest. Never a dull moment! thanks again & hoping it resolves soon.
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  • clevebride07clevebride07 member
    You might be suprised. We've had a couple nights where my 3yo fell asleep on our bed don't ask!, right next to DS2s RNP. dS2 would wake up screaming, and DS 1 would sleep through the whole thing! Also, I know not everyone is as lucky as I am to have both sets of grandparents in town, but I wouldn't hesitate in sending DS1 on a sleepover if we were sleep training and I was worried about him waking.
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  • Mom2Mack1Mom2Mack1 member
    I'd probably go for it but do it on a weekend.  My thoughts are a few sleepless nights with both kids up will be worth it in the long run if you get him to STTN in his crib.

     

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  • Caseyk1127Caseyk1127 member
    I have no advice but we are in the exact same boat.
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  • laura1laura1 member

    imageCaseyk1127:
    I have no advice but we are in the exact same boat.

    Us too. We were lucky that DD#1 was an excellent sleeper and never needed sleep training, since she and DS were sharing a room.  Well, i am not sure I will get that lucky again - DD#2 is not quite as good of a sleeper so far. And she will be sharing a room with DD#1.  It all should be very interesting!  I will probably do it on a weekend, and maybe even send my other 2 to the grandparents for the first night... 

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  • kross605kross605 member

    LIke pp said you might be surprised. I was in the same boat as you and struggling with how to get DD2 into her crib from the RnP (which she slept in for her first 4 months bc of reflux issues) without waking DD1. One night DD2 was out of sorts bc of her reflux, teething, and wakeful and was a hot mess all night. Screaming and crying off an on all night no matter what I tried. DD1 and DH slept right through it (lucky jerks!). Granted DD1 sleeps like a rock, but surprisingly the baby has never woken her up and DD2 is still not sttn so she has been up multiple times each night for over 5 months. '

    Id say give it a try for a night or two and see what happens. Do you have family nearby that the older LO can go to for a weekend sleep over one or two nights?

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  • TessaJayneTessaJayne member
    Can you put the snuggle nest in the crib as a transitional step?
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