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[quote=Anonymous]Acc to what I've read, babies process naps and nighttime sleep in different parts of the brain and likewise, they can have completely different sleep styles for the two.  That's why you hear all the time about a  baby who's a great napper, but terrible night sleeper and vice versa.  So in your case, just because the parents cosleep with the baby and she takes several bottles at night, it doesn't mean that she can't learn (and maybe even quickly! if you are consistent) to sleep without a warm body next to her and eventually, to self-soothe.  I sleep-trained my son after one year of age successfully W/O CIO so it is possible.  My rec is that you start off sleeping next to the baby on the floor as PPs suggested, then next to baby but with space between you two (you may need to keep your hand on her), then baby in crib (if they have one) with you on the floor next to her (again, with your hand on her), then eventually just pat her occasionally, then almost never.  IOW gradually reduce the amount of physical contact.  Once she is able to sleep in the crib on her own, I recommend the Sleep Lady Shuffle for sleep-training, it worked very quickly, less than a week, for us and our 1 y.o. son.[/quote]

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