Sleep training?? Please advice??
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Sorry I reached max words 😂 but basically just persevere and if your baby gets too upset then do not feel bad about picking them up. You’re the mum so you know how to soothe them. Once they have re-settled and calmed down, restart the process. Good luck! You can do it 💪💪💪
I’m so sorry you’re going through this; sleep deprivation is incredibly hard! First, know that you’re not alone, and it’s okay to feel emotional about this. I have found some info I will be trying myself. 1. Pick-Up/Put-Down Method: When your baby cries, go to her, pick her up to comfort her, and once she calms, put her back down. Repeat as needed. It’s time-consuming but can be effective for some babies. 2. Chair Method: Sit next to the crib as she falls asleep, gradually moving farther away each night until you’re out of the room. This way, she still feels your presence and learns your absence is not too bad. 3. Routine and Environment: Ensure her bedtime routine is calming and consistent (e.g., bath, story, lullaby), and check her sleep environment (e.g., white noise, dark room, comfortable temperature). Be kind to yourself. You are doing great and every child is different ❤️
Thank yous so much for replying, I’m going to manage tonight just the normal way and start again tomorrow with a new mind set!
We’ve had the same, I tried all the methods but elimination is what we’re doing now. He’s always been fed to sleep. So I’ve pushed the feed to the beginning of the routine then it’s brush, book and songs. Then I gently rock, sing and tap him. The aim is to eliminate each of these actions and then once he is comfortable then trying putting him in the crib and doing all the actions. It’s a long process but we’ll get there! My boy is almost 13 months
Stay strong!! You’re doing great and don’t be hard on yourself. It is so hard but honestly you need to persevere because it only took my baby 2 nights before the sleep training kicked in and you’ll be thanking yourself. I thought people were exaggerating when they made those sort of claims but that was my honest experience. We trained him at about 8 months and he went from waking about 5/6 times a night to only once. Then when he was about 11 months he started fully sleeping through the night. What we did was similar to how you’ve started. We would put him down with his dummy, say goodnight etc. then leave. He would start crying and we would wait 1/2 mins before going back in again. This happened about 6 times before he eventually went to sleep and ended up doing a 4/5 hour stretch with was unheard of for him! We repeated this process when he woke up during the night and we had to go in maybe 3/4 times. The next night we repeated and instead of going in 6/7 times, it was only 4 times