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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Extinction (checking at progressively longer intervals) usually means more crying overall. More nights of crying and more crying each night. I will say that as my DD gets older and more aware I feel worse about ignoring her. Still do it but I feel worse.

As a motivation, keep in mind that her sleep should be uninterrupted too. She's waking up as often as you are because her hunger cues are waking her up. 11 month olds need the deep REM sleep you only get from long uninterrupted stretches.[/quote]

Extinction is where you don’t check at all. Do you mean Ferber?[/quote]

+1 At 13 months we did full extinction, no checks. DD cried for 25 minutes, then slept through the night, barely cried at all the second night. Went from waking every 1-2 hours to sleeping through the night immediately.

You have to just do a bedtime routine, put baby in the crib, close the door, leave and don't come back unless baby is in danger. Also don't go in at all during night wakings.  Read Precious Little Sleep - very helpful.

DD is 23 months now and has had a couple of regressions, mainly because we fell into comforting her anytime she cried at night and she got used to it, then we had to let her cry and she went back to STTN. Just got over one of these regressions. We still go in if it sounds like she is scared an had a nightmare but if she is just whining while lying down we don't go in.[/quote]

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