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[quote=Anonymous]My 6 month old EBF DD weighs almost 18 lbs and the pediatrician said we can definitely sleep train her at this point. 
Her sleep has sort of gone off the rails over the last month, she's waking up every 45-90 minutes all night long unless I bring her into bed with me. It's really horrible and I need to sleep again (I'm working full time while also caring for her all day and also have a 2 yo who is thank goodness in preschool).

It's definitely a feed/snuggle-to-sleep issue and I don't think she is very hungry because will nurse for maybe 2 minutes when she wakes up. I'd like to drop the "feeds" cold turkey while also sleep training but willing to keep a dream feed or even a 4am early wake up feed (waking up once at 4am would be heaven compared to current situation).

Anyway - I definitely need to sleep train her. If anyone has been in a similar situation, can you let me know if Extinction or Timed Checks worked better for you? I'm also not totally sure how to avoid feeding her to sleep at bedtime - she currently zonks out while having a long nursing session. Should I wake her up all the way before putting her back down?
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