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Sleep training while room sharing

NurseRiegerNurseRieger member
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Just wondering if any more experienced moms have done it this way. DS is 15 weeks and he sleeps in a dreamglider next to my bed and I can probably use that until he's 6 months or so and then I'll deal with crib transitioning. This week I've stopped myself from picking him up when he starts fussing. He has a little lovey he likes to hold now and will occasionally take a paci. So far I've had luck with him settling himself back to sleep. I am still BFing and I guess part of the concern is that he will become dependent on nursing to fall asleep and I don't plan on doing the self weaning thing, I'd like to be done in a few months. I'm just wondering if anyone has done it this way and if they had luck with room separating later? I'm thinking this can help make him a little more independent now and save us drama in a few months. I'd love to hear any other suggestions anyone may have.
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Re: Sleep training while room sharing

  • Knottie1442268460Knottie1442268460 member
    edited December 2015
    We moved our LO to the crib in his room at 3 mos.
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  • Bickey11Bickey11 member
    awaiting some useful answers. we do not have a spare room for our unexpected 3rd child, we have a 17 year old son & an 8 year old daughter, so he is in our room until next year when we've saved enough to refinance and add on. I'm fearful that i'll never sleep because he's so close and so noisy, i never know when to goto him or let him rip. When i let him go too long he gets all wound up because he's upset, if I pick him up too soon i end up feeding, changing and he's wired with happy excitement!
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  • NurseRiegerNurseRieger member
    Bickey11 said:

    awaiting some useful answers. we do not have a spare room for our unexpected 3rd child, we have a 17 year old son & an 8 year old daughter, so he is in our room until next year when we've saved enough to refinance and add on. I'm fearful that i'll never sleep because he's so close and so noisy, i never know when to goto him or let him rip. When i let him go too long he gets all wound up because he's upset, if I pick him up too soon i end up feeding, changing and he's wired with happy excitement!

    I know exactly what you mean. It's hard to know is he going to fuss for a minute or two and fall back asleep or just get really mad and really start cranking. On the other hand if I pick him up too soon he just wants to be held and nursed and not go back down. I may move him into his own room soon I don't know. Tonight has been rough, definitely in the 4 month sleep regression period.
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  • taysherrteetaysherrtee member
    Following along as well! My 5 month old DD is currently in leap 5 and going through some major sleep regression. She is growing out of her bassinet and we are going to be transitioning her into her big girl crib in our room since she doesn't have her own room.

    Currently, she's nursing every 2 hours or so but it takes a while for her to get back to sleep unless she's lying right next to me with a boob in her mouth. She won't even take a binkie! I'm chalking all of that up to her leap right now and hope she'll grow out of it when the leap ends. If not, I'll definitely need some tips for getting her to sleep through the night! DH and I are looking forward to some kind of normal sleep schedule!

    Right now (and I'll definitely continue when we transition), we run a diffuser with lavender essential oil to help us all calm down and relax for bedtime. It helps and she tends to sleep longer on the nights that we use the diffuser.
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  • NurseRiegerNurseRieger member
    Wow I need to check that out. I know whole foods has one. Breastfeeding is HARD. Mine was constantly wanting to nurse, more at night too. It's why I started formula supplementing. He's basically self weaned now because he gets so many bottles with me working full time. We're down to morning and evening now because he only wants it when he's more tired than hungry. Anyway I put him down drowsy but awake and he actually fell asleep after I left the room to do a few things so thats major! He stirs at night a couple times and I ignore him until he begins to cry or falls back asleep unless it's between 2 -4am because he has always had a feeding during that time. So far it's working and we're getting more sleep. Oh and I work nights and LO stays at my mom's house once or twice a week and he was going for her boobs at night after his bottle so she holds him on his side like he's going to nurse and she put the Binky right in front of her boob and he took it. Otherwise he wouldn't use it much. It's working for me now too...worth a shot. Good luck
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  • rjanicerjanice member

    Baby boy is 19 weeks and sleeps in his crib in our room, eventually he'll share a room with his 6 y/o brother. We do bath time, read a book and say prayers each night around 730p (most consistent on school days). Then he goes in the crib by 8ish. We keep a fan on every night to mask any noise we may make. We also keep the lights to a minimum. He's usually sleeping by 830. I have to say that I've trained myself more than him! I've had to teach myself not to run ti the crib with every whimper. Remind myself that he may just be turning to get comfy, just like I do. If he starts crying, I get up, pat the booty. If that doesn't settle him, then I change diaper and feed him. We've been lucky to have a good nighttime sleeper (doesn't nap much during the day but I'll take the decent nights!) Almost at the end of the 4th leap which has definitely been the roughest one yet.
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