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Ferberizing night 1!

kdmaloney4kdmaloney4 member
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LO is almost 6mo, hasn't been doing night time feedings in about two months, broken a tooth and another on the way. He gets rocked to sleep.The past month he has been waking up more and more, for us to rock him. I know this bc he is not crying just chatting, and as soon as we pick him up, he's asleep again. We contemplated not doing anything bc he obviously is still teething, but DH and I are exhausted. Tonight was night one and it only took 30 long min. I started with 7 then 8 then 9 and he was asleep soon after! Just wanted to post for those in similar situations!
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  • Schell2013Schell2013 member
    I agree 2013. She has been doing so much better. First 2 nights were tough, night three was better and now she just crashes. If only she wouldn't wake up so much. But at least she is going to bed on her own and falling asleep for naps on her own too. Best thing I ever have done for our family.
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  • jedimindtrickjedimindtrick member
    edited October 2013
    2013sarabelleATX said:

    I started Monday and it went really well. If my baby could talk, I'm pretty sure she would thank us for teaching her how to put herself to sleep. 

    I agree as well. We never let him fuss longer than about 15 min and now I put him down and he's asleep within 5-10 min. And doesn't cry just lays and watches his aquarium till he falls asleep. He often STTN too, sometimes fussing once a night til I go in and put his paci back in. And the 4 mo sleep regression hit us bad. All of these positives have been from the "sleep training," aka fussing it out a bit. He's napping great now too. Best decision I made.

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  • ALP514ALP514 member
    I am contemplating on whether or not to try it. I cant stand hearing her cry for so long. ugh.


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  • stephzrnstephzrn member
    ALP514 said:

    I am contemplating on whether or not to try it. I cant stand hearing her cry for so long. ugh.

    Its hard but we did this to and he's a great sleeper now. Don't think of it as letting her cry. Think of it as you are teaching her how to sleep. Good luck
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  • kdmaloney4kdmaloney4 member
    It went great night 1 and he slept 9-8
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  • Shoegal36Shoegal36 member
    2013sarabelleATX said:
    ALP514 said:
    I am contemplating on whether or not to try it. I cant stand hearing her cry for so long. ugh.
    I'm obviously not telling you what to do, but I will tell you this. My LO cried less in a week of Ferberizing (combined) than in one hard night of trying endlessly to put her down. It was getting so hard to put her to sleep that we would try and try for hours until she finally crashed from exhaustion. 

    The first night there was screaming, and it was hard, but each subsequent night it has gotten easier and easier. The third and fifth nights she put herself to sleep with no fussing or crying at all. It was totally worth it!
    Thanks for sharing this. I keep putting it off so I don't think I'm quite ready but I do think it could work for us. It's kinda how I see it. While we are rocking/bouncing her for hours she is crying. It's not like she peacefully drifts off in our arms, in which case I wouldn't mind doing it. 
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  • emmy236emmy236 member
    Maybe this is a dumb question but what do you do in the MOTN when they wake up (assuming they aren't hungry)? R goes to bed without a problems he just wakes up like every hour sometimes. He's warm, he's dry , he's full, he just wants me to pick him up or his paci fell out.
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    emmy236 said:

    Maybe this is a dumb question but what do you do in the MOTN when they wake up (assuming they aren't hungry)? R goes to bed without a problems he just wakes up like every hour sometimes. He's warm, he's dry , he's full, he just wants me to pick him up or his paci fell out.

    I let him fuss/ cry for no more than 15 min. Usually in the MOTN he just fusses. If he's truly crying I go right to him and feed him. But usually he just fusses. If he doesn't stop in about 15 min I'll go and nurse him. Sometimes I go to him and put his paci back in and he stops. But he can usually do that himself now. He still does this about once a night. But usually fusses about 10 min and goes back to sleep. He will do the same thing while napping and naps for about 2 hrs total.

    I like to give him the chance to fall back asleep himself. But if it goes too long or he's really crying I feed him.
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    emmy236 said:

    Maybe this is a dumb question but what do you do in the MOTN when they wake up (assuming they aren't hungry)? R goes to bed without a problems he just wakes up like every hour sometimes. He's warm, he's dry , he's full, he just wants me to pick him up or his paci fell out.

    This is us too. I have no idea what to do.
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  • emmy236emmy236 member
    We are a slave to that stupid paci. It's like the world is over if it falls out.
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    emmy236 said:

    We are a slave to that stupid paci. It's like the world is over if it falls out.

    We were too. Then one night I didn't go it and put it back in. He started sucking his thumb and fell asleep. I still do the paci dance sometimes but we aren't such slaves to it anymore. I decided not to be one night when I saw on the monitor, him take it out with his hand, as soon as DH left the room and started crying for him to come back.
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  • flyliceandcoffeeflyliceandcoffee member
    NJAZgirl said:
    Maybe this is a dumb question but what do you do in the MOTN when they wake up (assuming they aren't hungry)? R goes to bed without a problems he just wakes up like every hour sometimes. He's warm, he's dry , he's full, he just wants me to pick him up or his paci fell out.
    I let him fuss/ cry for no more than 15 min. Usually in the MOTN he just fusses. If he's truly crying I go right to him and feed him. But usually he just fusses. If he doesn't stop in about 15 min I'll go and nurse him. Sometimes I go to him and put his paci back in and he stops. But he can usually do that himself now. He still does this about once a night. But usually fusses about 10 min and goes back to sleep. He will do the same thing while napping and naps for about 2 hrs total. I like to give him the chance to fall back asleep himself. But if it goes too long or he's really crying I feed him.
    Sorry, late to the game, we've been busy all weekend. But this is pretty much what we do with S. She wakes up usually around 1 and then again around 5 pretty much every day. I usually wait about 15 minutes to see if she'll go back to sleep, but 99% of the time she doesn't and she starts getting louder and I can tell it's because she realized she's hungry so I go in and feed her. I know Ferber says that they should be able to STTN and to just do the whole progressive reassurance even at night to get them to sleep all night, but we've decided if she doesn't go back to sleep after 15 minutes, we'll go in, change her diaper, and feed her. She almost always goes right back to sleep after she eats (5am sometimes being the exception) so for us, feeding her is quicker than letting her fuss it out since that seems to work for her only when she's full and dry, otherwise she won't stop for hours.
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  • kdmaloney4kdmaloney4 member
    Before this weekend LO was getting up every hour and we were rocking and putting paci back in. Since we started ferberizing he no longer needs the paci and is sttn with a cry for about 30 seconds around 430am. We weened LO from night feedings about a month ago. I think it's beneficial to do it once you have weened them.
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