Sleep training

So, I'm starting to work on Monday. My baby only sleeps in arms and with me boob if I am around. The only other person who got get to sleep in my mom walking get her outside. She refuses to sleep with my husband. She is not the best sleeper, but I really don't mind waking up a couple of times at night. I hire a sleep consultant who told me that there there will be crying because we are gonna be changing her ways of sleeping until she learns how to sleep by herself. I hate to hear her crying. It is physically painful. She was in the hospital when she was 2 months, and since then, I haven't let her cry for no reason. I don't know what to do. I think let her cry. Even if it is with me next to her, it is torture. Also she cosleep with us and the sleep consultant tells me she needs to be sleeping by herself. I am very conflicted. Any advice?

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I’m not sure who your sleep trainer is but remember if your in the room with them it’s different to leaving them to cry on their own. I know it’s very hard I’ve been in your exact position and hated hearing it but things changed very quickly for us. I recommend looking at ‘sleep well with Hannah’ on facebook, join her page, she has a book with her course in it as a cheaper option but honestly her ways are so so gentle. I’ll be honest it took us months to get to the point of sleeping through the whole night but getting my daughter to sleep off of me in her cot happened fast. Take it all at your own pace.

I followed wellrestedweeones on IG, my baby slept 12 hours on night 3. The crying is so painful and it was the worst to listen to, but my baby learned quickly and it saved me. I highly recommend!! Like Jess said, take it at your own pace, but the routine and consistency changes everything. They learn so fast

I followed the contented little baby book by Gina Ford. It worked brilliantly. Yes it was hard as the baby will cry but it soon passes and everyone sleeps better. I had to sort this as I had to work and would have been useless without sleep. This made me a better mam as I could think straight, if that makes sense

Thank you all. I will see how this goes. Yesterday I tried for a bit, her crying made me cry. I ended up carrying her back and cosleeping again. I will try different approaches. 💕

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