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Gentle Sleep Training

MissJay87MissJay87 member
in July 2012 Moms
Hello everyone! I am in some desperate need of some help. My little one is 13 months now and we are having some issues with sleep. We currently co-sleep, but now that she is getting bigger it's getting a bit difficult to do so. I purchased a new crib (our old one was a hand me down and I felt very uneasy with it, it finally broke hubby finally let me purchase a new one) and was thinking of trying to have her sleep in the crib more often. She is a very strong willed little girl, I work full time so my bonding time with her during the week is really just our bed time routine (dinner, bath and then nursing till she falls asleep, sometimes we can sneak a book in there). When she does finally fall asleep she's usually fine sleeping on her own, BUT has to be able to hold me in some way. Hubby state that I was the one who got her use to sleeping with me, however in the early months it was the only way I could get any sleep seeing that she BF's and did not want a bottle at all. She still will not take a bottle with me, does not want her pacifier any more (she self weened at about 6 month from her paci.) Still wakes a few times at night to nurse but I don't mind that at all. I just need to be able to curl up under the blankets for a few hours.

Hubby and I are not big fans of CIO, I'm hoping someone had gone through the same situation.
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Re: Gentle Sleep Training

  • gonggirl_98gonggirl_98 member
    Good thing, she's old enough to sleep through the night without any feedings (barring any other medical necessity to do so). She's probably waking up out of habit.

    I wasn't able to get a "no cry" method to work, but some of the other ladies on here have I think. Every time I picked her up, it made it worse.

    I was in a similar situation - nursed to sleep, 3-5 night wakings, BFE and doesn't take a bottle from anyone, never used a paci.

    I used the Sleep Easy method and it worked phenomenally. She still cries a little (less than 5 minutes) when I put her down, but she falls asleep on her own and is sleeping through the night now. We started when she was 6 months, but she didn't start sleeping through the night until about 10 months.

    Most CIO methods aren't of the philosophy that you should put your baby in her bed and then shut the door only to return in the morning.  Instead, they have you checking on her in intervals, reassuring her that you're there and that she needs to sleep. It's definitely harder on the parents than on your child.

    The first 3 nights will always be the hardest, but you'll be OK.
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  • MissJay87MissJay87 member
    Thank you so much ladies! I appreciate the advice. I know this week is going to be pretty difficult LO has her doctors appt on Friday, but I plan on checking out a few books from the library this week and do a bit more research on sleep easy and begin working on putting her to sleep in her crib possibly as soon as this weekend. As soon as we have the new crib set up were off on the whirl wind roller coaster of sleep training. Will keep you all posted on how it goes!

    Thanks Again! :)
    Jay
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