Give me your sleep training success stories!

[Anonymous]

I need some moral support. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

12 hrs by 12 weeks

[Anonymous]

We sleep train right at 4 months (keeping a dreamfeed) using the Sleep Easy Solution

First kid: Was eating three times a night before sleep training/night weaning (we did both together) and needed to be rocked to sleep ENDLESSLY. Cried for 87 minutes the first night at bedtime. Never woke up in the middle of the night again unless he was sick. Never cried at bedtime again. He did cry all the way through naps (a full hour) for a while (pretty frequently the first week or two, and occasionally until probably six or seven months). But no more rocking to sleep and getting a full nights sleep was AMAZING.

Second kid: Was being rocked to sleep, but was down to just the dreamfeed and one early morning (4am-ish) wake up when she needed to be soothed to sleep. We put her down the first night ready for a rough time (see above). She wiggled for 10 mins and fell asleep!! Never even cried! She woke up at 4am and cried for… 20 mins? And that was the end. Never cried more than 5 minutes before or during naps or nights again, except one time when she was really sick (she’s 1.5 now).

Sleep training early is the best decision we made as parents to date. Save your sanity, save your sleep, save your kids sleep. Even the tough ones are worth it!!! Good luck!!

[Anonymous]

I can’t remember the specifics of it all but just some motivation. We sleep trained ours at 16 weeks due to intense jobs and no family help requiring us to be well rested. Ever since then she’s sleep from 7:30-7 am every night. Now 2.5 years old and I’m always super well rested. Best decision I ever made hands down.

[Anonymous]

You can do it!

We did the Taking Cara Babies newborn course and started using the techniques right from the beginning. We eventually got longer stretches of sleep and made it to a 7 hour stretch by 12 weeks. Over the next few months we were able to get him onto a routine of a 7 pm bedtime, dream feed at 10, and then he’d sleep until 6 or 7 am. Did that for a few more months, weaned the dream feed.

He’s now 21 months and does have regressions and wakeups. We just got through a rough couple of months with lots of early morning (like 5 am or earlier) wake up calls and tons of waking up in the night. The thing about sleep training is that it teaches you to stay consistent even during setbacks. Or at least, it did for us. We got him through this latest regression and he’s back to sleeping 7:30-7ish. It’s glorious.

[Anonymous]

Sleep trained at 5 months using Ferber. Night #1 cried for 1.5 hours. Night #2 cried for 20 min. Night #3 cried for 1 min. Slept 12 hours straight starting night #4. Now 3 years old and continues to be solid sleeper with 12 straight with zero wake-ups and daily 2 hour nap.

[Anonymous]

I co-slept, did not sleep train and EBF on demand. By the 4th month, my kids were sleeping for 8 hours every night.

I was giving them a full body massage every night before their last feeding. I also found that having a humidifier in the room was very helpful for getting them to sleep through the night.

[Anonymous]

I did everything Taking Cara Babies said from day 1 and it all went as she said it would. Thumbs up highly recommend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I co-slept, did not sleep train and EBF on demand. By the 4th month, my kids were sleeping for 8 hours every night.

I was giving them a full body massage every night before their last feeding. I also found that having a humidifier in the room was very helpful for getting them to sleep through the night.

This is OP. I co sleep, feed on demand and my four month old wakes up every 45 minutes. Thank you though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I co-slept, did not sleep train and EBF on demand. By the 4th month, my kids were sleeping for 8 hours every night.

I was giving them a full body massage every night before their last feeding. I also found that having a humidifier in the room was very helpful for getting them to sleep through the night.

This is OP. I co sleep, feed on demand and my four month old wakes up every 45 minutes. Thank you though.

How long do you wait to see if he/she can resettle? All babies wake up every 45 minutes, they just need to learn to connect to the next sleep cycle. But it need not be instantaneous nor silent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I co-slept, did not sleep train and EBF on demand. By the 4th month, my kids were sleeping for 8 hours every night.

I was giving them a full body massage every night before their last feeding. I also found that having a humidifier in the room was very helpful for getting them to sleep through the night.

This is OP. I co sleep, feed on demand and my four month old wakes up every 45 minutes. Thank you though.

How long do you wait to see if he/she can resettle? All babies wake up every 45 minutes, they just need to learn to connect to the next sleep cycle. But it need not be instantaneous nor silent.

Congratulations, you just defined sleep training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I co-slept, did not sleep train and EBF on demand. By the 4th month, my kids were sleeping for 8 hours every night.

I was giving them a full body massage every night before their last feeding. I also found that having a humidifier in the room was very helpful for getting them to sleep through the night.

This is OP. I co sleep, feed on demand and my four month old wakes up every 45 minutes. Thank you though.

How long do you wait to see if he/she can resettle? All babies wake up every 45 minutes, they just need to learn to connect to the next sleep cycle. But it need not be instantaneous nor silent.

Congratulations, you just defined sleep training.

I think people sometimes have the impression that “sleep training” will produce sleep without any waking. That’s not true. They’re still going to wake up and roll over and probably cry a little, especially when they’re small. So just giving it 5-10 minutes can be a first step. Op is cosleeping and nursing all night, so I highly doubt she’s giving it even five minutes. Five minutes feels like an eternity at that time.

[Anonymous]

It is completely worth it. Having a sleeping baby makes your life so much better. Life is hard with a baby. Don’t make it harder for yourself. With my firstborn, I was too scared to sleep train. Let me tell you, I spent many more hours holding and consoling a cranky, overtired 9 month old who would only be held standing up and couldn’t fall asleep on his own than I did ultimately sleep training him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I co-slept, did not sleep train and EBF on demand. By the 4th month, my kids were sleeping for 8 hours every night.

I was giving them a full body massage every night before their last feeding. I also found that having a humidifier in the room was very helpful for getting them to sleep through the night.

This is OP. I co sleep, feed on demand and my four month old wakes up every 45 minutes. Thank you though.

Are there no other issues besides frequent waking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I co-slept, did not sleep train and EBF on demand. By the 4th month, my kids were sleeping for 8 hours every night.

I was giving them a full body massage every night before their last feeding. I also found that having a humidifier in the room was very helpful for getting them to sleep through the night.

This is OP. I co sleep, feed on demand and my four month old wakes up every 45 minutes. Thank you though.

OP I was going to say, this parent has naturally decent sleepers it's luck of the draw. I did all of the same, EBF on demand, nightime massages you name it. Babies were rough sleepers and woke constantly. First we sleep trained at 6 months, the second at 4 months using the peaceful sleepers approach which really hit a happy medium for me op in terms of "gentleness" I got a consultant through peaceful sleeper to help me through it because it was hard for me to do the sleep training but both times it was 100% the best thing for everyone. My kids were getting so little sleep. For both kids, they continued to feed at night but instead of waking every hour, they woke two times a night until maybe 6-7 months, dropped one feed on their own and then dropped their last feed on their own around 9 months. Once they weren't waking constantly, doing 1-2 feeds a night was doable. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. You can do it op!!! it's so hard, but it's right and worth it if no one is getting sleep.