Reply to If you had a bad sleeper but didn’t sleep train…

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "If you had a bad sleeper but didn’t sleep train…"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure my story will help but I think we have similar perspectives, OP.

I wasn’t able to breastfeed and that guilt only strengthened my resolve to never sleep train. I also think being able to feed a full bottle of formula at bedtime made it easier to get long stretches. Both children technically slept through the night by 6-8 months. I devoted a huge amount of time to the bedtime and nap time routines (lots of bouncing and rocking, no evening babysitters, sunlight in the am, nightly bath with same massage oil, etc.) until they were about 2. Both are now great sleepers who rarely need support. We never bedshared but roomshared for several months with crib in our bedroom—I think that made the transition to independence easier.

There are times I’ve calculated the endless hours spent rocking and popping in a pacifier in the middle of night and wondered if I was crazy. But I would do it again because I can’t stomach the alternative. We know so little about the infant brain and our cultural expectations seemed like a mismatch with what my babies needed. Just a generation ago pediatricians and laypeople thought hitting children was not just fine but actually beneficial.

All this is to say that things can improve and there are many of us who didn’t bedshare or ebf who [b]chose not to CIO[/b]. That said, I never experienced round the clock wake-ups every two hours…I wouldn’t fault someone for doing what they need to in that extreme situation. [/quote]

"Sleep training" is not a synonym for "CIO."  See:  Weissbluth.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics