Sleep Training Success!

singingirl96 · May 2013

I didn't want to ferberize him. He's always been a good sleeper, but as of late he had been taking a long time to fall asleep so I would find myself rocking him for about 1 hour. Then, he would wake up several times (3-4) during the night. So, reluctantly, I gave in.

The first night I checked on him about 4 or 5 times as he cried and cried.... but he was asleep in about 30 minutes. He woke up once at 4am to nurse, and slept till 8.

Last night (2nd night), I nursed him and put him in the crib awake.... he turned over and went to sleep. Not a peep. He woke up once to nurse at 5am, then slept till 7:15.

Best sleep I've gotten in a long time!

Lets hope this continues, but I'm so unbelievably surprised!

dmhrn13 · May 2013

I have been agonizing over doing Ferber & we are starting Sunday, I am so damn tired. So good for you, I hope it keeps up & glad to now I'm not doing it alone!

Did you just decided to keep going with the night feed because you know he still needs it? DD gets up a lot in the MOTN & wants to nurse for comfort so I am not sure when to feed her & when to Ferber her.

Ms. Lisi · May 2013

Congrats, Mama!

I didn't want to Ferberize my LO either, but she was waking 6-8 times per night, and I was a Zombie. I did it out of desperation. By night four, she went down without a peep, and slept from 8pm-7am. Now we are both well rested, and happier people. Consistency is key! I am thrilled for you!

TMNTgirl · May 2013

Yay for more sleep! Makes everyone happier!

singingirl96 · May 2013

dmhrn13:
Did you just decided to keep going with the night feed because you know he still needs it?

I'll eventually wean the MOTN feeding, but for now, if he is hungry I'll feed him. He's at the 9th percentile because he was born with a heart defect. He had his surgery about 9 weeks ago and he's working on catching up on weight gain. So I want to continue to feed him anytime he wants it. When he does nurse in the motn, it is a full nursing session, so I figured he still needs it.

BTW

Night 3 he cried for about 20 minutes and woke up to nurse at 3:30am then slept till 8

Night 4, he cried for about 3 minutes and slept all the way through till 6:30 am.

Great success.

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