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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks for all the replies! We are going to sleep train this weekend. What is the difference between Ferber and extinction? What method worked better for your baby? Do you do it for both night sleep and naps?

He is a decent napper. Some days he has only 30 minute naps, and other days he has 1-3 hour naps, but those are usually when I’m holding him.

He eats very well. He is combo fed and eats 28-32oz a day. Many times during the night he will wake and won’t be hungry or only eat 1oz. There is only one feed that he eats a full bottle. Most nights he just wakes up and then can’t put himself back to sleep.

My husband is very involved and wonderful. I’m home and he works so it makes sense for me to get up with him. He does get up sometimes and he does the morning feeding and bedtime routine.

The pediatrician said we can sleep train. We had his appointment last week and is in the 50th percentile for weight and 90 percentile for height. [/quote]

Ferber is with checks. I forget how long exactly, but you let him cry for a period of time, then go check on him and, I believe, verbally soothe, then leave. Full on extinction, you just put him down and walk away, even if it takes an hour of crying, you don’t go back in.

I think either is fine. Some babies get riled up if you go in, so checks can make the total crying longer. Some find it helpful. It’s impossible to know, so just pick. For most babies, the difference is negligible - the consistency is what’s important.

I posted above that I used The Sleep Easy Solution, which also has checks. I liked it because the key thing with sleep training is consistency. If you’re not doing checks and you realize something is off (like you forgot to turn on the sound machine or there’s light coming from a crack in the curtain or something) you’re kinda stuck. If you’re doing checks, that’s the kinda thing you can quickly fix during your next check. In a personal example from when we were training - the cat got in there at one point. Well, we just got him out at the next scheduled check.

I would recommend night sleep, then continuing with naps the next day. I think it’s confusing for babies if sometimes they’re soothed to sleep and sometimes they’re not. [/quote]

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