Any tips? I'm just now sleep training

Re: Any tips? I'm just now sleep training

• ashiscute member

  January 2014

  We did Ferber with both kids.  His book is very interesting and gives lots of good info about sleep in general.  Plus pretty much step by step instructions for sleep training for lots of different situations (co-sleeping, toddler bed, etc).  

  
  

  The most important thing you can do is make a solid plan and stick to it.  Make sure anyone involved in sleep training is on board and stick to your plan 100%.  

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• GrantHenson member

  January 2014

  sleep sense dana obelman all online and easy to follow great options for all ages

   

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• xonicole019 member

  January 2014

  The best advice I can give is what some of these ladies said stick to whatever you choose to do. Personally for me we decided not to let her cry it out but we did let her whine some. We would do our normally bedtime routine with her. Tell her it was time for bed we always give her the same stuff animal and turn on her sound machine and mobile. At first it took some time for her to understand. If she whined we left her alone if she was crying we went back in. We tried not to pick her up but comfort her, try not talking to much only if you have to. Rub his back or belly this helped sooth my daughter sometimes I did have to pick her out and sing to her but only if she was extrememly upset. We would say the same thing and do the same thing everytime we left the room. After a week or so we could lay her in there say goodnight turn on her mobile and literally walk out not a peep out of her. That's what worked for us but you have to do what you feel is right for you and your son. Just trying to give you some ideas

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• ss265 member

  January 2014

  I think a lot depends on your LO's personality. Research different methods (Ferber, No Cry Sleep Solution, Walk In Walk Out) and pick the one you are comfortable with. I went through this with my 13 month old. First I changed his sleep routine so he wasn't depending on the bottle to sleep and it worked initially but after a couple of weeks, he was still waking up at night and it was getting hard to put him back to sleep. I finally just let him cry it out and after three days, he just started sleeping through the night and has been pretty consistent.

  The key is to be consistent. I knew my husband would just give in and take him to bed with him so I was the one who stayed up and let him cry in the middle of the night. I work so it was pretty bad but I started right before the weekend so at least I could sleep during the day initially and luckily LO caught on pretty fast.

  

  
  

  
  

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• GavinIsMyBabyBear member

  January 2014

  We just recently trained our son. We never needed it when he was a baby because he was a great sleeper. Until about a year old. Then we started waking up 3 or four times a night. Or not wanting to go to bed until really late. It wasn't every night but these situations slowly got more and more frequent. So by December I got tired of telling myself it was a phase and brought the issue up to our new pedi. He said just pick a time and put him to bed. Give him a few mins to cry go in rub his back for a minute leave and just repeat until he asleep but be consistent every night. So since LO had gotten used to staying up later we picked 9:30 as bedtime. We do our bath at 8:30 ( I'm not home until then so they wait for me) Pjs a sippy of milk brush our teeth story and then bedtime. The first night he cried for 2 mins and was silent all night. We haven't had a problem since. So it's not too late. Just do what makes you feel comfortable and stick with it. Good luck

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