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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We sleep trained at 13 weeks. Our pediatrician at the time (part of Tribeca Pediatrics in NYC) is famous for pushing sleep training at 12 weeks. Definitely consult with your ped beforehand as your kid needs to be at least 12 pounds, etc. to start sleep training. Assuming that there are no medical reasons to not sleep train, I'd do it. We're actually doing it again with #2 when he/she arrives in a few months.

Here's the deal:

The first night is the hardest. We put our daughter down at 8:30, since our ped said to put her down/get her up at a time that worked best for us (yes, you do not need to wake up at 5 am every day!). My daughter cried for 40 agonizing minutes the first night. My husband was running at the time, so he doesn't remember it being bad (because he wasn't there!). I sat outside the room staring at the monitor and balling eyes out silently. I remember texting him "I can't do this! We will scar her!" blah blah. Anyway, she stopped after about 40 minutes... and started sleeping. She cried a little here and there during the first night, but slept through the night without issue. We got her up the next morning at 8:30 and she was happy. It got easier every day and at day three she stopped crying after we put her down. Her naps started to consolidate. Heck, she started napping on a schedule, which had never happened prior. At present, she is 22 months and still sleeps from 8:30 pm to 8:30 am (today she woke up at 7:45, but this happens 2-3 times a month... Definitely not all the time).

Just stick with it and for us, the cry it out method was what worked. My kid is not the type of kid who deals well with back-and-forth. If she sees us leave and come back (in any scenario) it makes her anxious and she thinks that she can get us to come back. That's not good for her or for us. You're in control here, not your child. Taking the negotiation out of bedtime makes it enjoyable for everyone. We do dinner, bath, call grandparents/eat yogurt snack (when I was breastfeeding, we replaced the yogurt with milk), brush teeth, read books, sing with low lights, and then bed. The pre-bedtime routine is important, but your will do make sleep training work is also important. Don't make it fight! [/quote]

I forgot to mention that we use a white noise machine and very good shades.[/quote]

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