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[quote=Anonymous]We sleep trained my 6 month old son (bedtime only) about 6 weeks ago. Everything was going really well at night, so we decided to start with naps (previously rocked/held to sleep still). We quickly realized he needed more time between naps to fall asleep & stay asleep on his own, so dropped a nap. We started consistently getting good long first naps and hit or miss on his second nap (which we would try to extend after his initial sleep cycle).

Despite our constant requests, our nanny is now reversing our efforts and rocking him to sleep or mostly to sleep for naps and not doing our nap routine to help him wind down, relax, and fall asleep on his own which I have read is critical for transitioning sleep cycles. He's now also struggling at bedtime, and we are dealing with lots of tears again when he initially goes down.

I am at a loss because I've read nights and naps are totally separate, but part of me thinks he's completely confused because his nanny rocks him if he cries, and we are sticking to the sleep training, and it's leading to lots of frustrated tears. I feel awful as a parent. On the other hand, I don't know if it's just a scheduling issue and he's overtired by bedtime from dropping the 3rd nap. Or maybe just going through a regression.

Has anyone had success with sleep training if a daytime caregiver (nanny, daycare, etc.) is not consistently doing the same thing as you are?[/quote]

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