Parental units: All babies are different and there's no one magic solution but did you have any success with any kind of sleep training and if so at what age?
Mrs. Alix May,
Tamara J. B.,
Stephen Mack,
devil's advocate,
Jenny H.,
Mary Carmen,
Jessie,
joey - team everyone,
Steven Perez,
Greg GuitarBuster,
Big Joe Silenced,
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Amir
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We're down to 1.5 hours of continuous sleep before waking up - he's 6 months. Wife has taken chemical warfare off the table.
- Steve C, Team Marina
Ferber method, around 5 months for my 2nd and a year for my first kid. Worked for me, generally, but I'm not dogmatic about it.
- Stephen Mack
crying it out was becoming a disaster for all of us, including our (first) baby. my inlaws were recommending a baby bottle full of red wine. we went with co-sleeping instead. we all slept great then. both our kids decided to sleep without us by roughly age 18 months.
- Big Joe Silenced
Thanks for inputs Stephen and Joe
- Steve C, Team Marina
Everything was going fine for us until a couple weeks ago when teething started. (5 months) Those teeth have pushed through but the sleep pattern is a disaster now. Coupled with not wanting to take a bottle or any interest in food yet, this is destroying my wife. We have not yet taken chemical warfare off the table yet. So what I'm saying is, "I hear you, and I'm following this thread for ideas."
- Brian Johns
If it makes you feel better the teething/6 month sleep regression doesn't last forever, or no kid would make it to 7 mo. We were a cosleeping family (because I could feed in my sleep), but many many of our friends were not. As our moms group leader said, "Do whatever gets everyone the most sleep." Good luck!
- Jaclyn aka spamgirl
My mum says at 6mo the best shot at sleep training is keeping to a very consistent schedule. Bedtime at a specific time, wake up too. Naps can be harder for this. If he takes a long time to get down try putting him to bed earlier (this is more for your sanity than his comfort).
- Soup in a TARDIS
Well we're consistent with bedtime and wakeup it's that whole time in between he doesn't understand so far Soup. :)
- Steve C, Team Marina
Indeed.
- Brian Johns
Keep in mind, both me and Adrian worked at home, so a disruption in our sleep wasn't disastrous. We did CIO, but we also didn't put the kids to bed until about 10pm. They both slept through the night at 4/5 mos. teething wasn't an issue for us, but around 8 - 10 mos. neither of them wanted to sleep, just play. We put them in bed with me.
- Anika
I'm exactly where Brian is at. We were golden until teething happened. :/
- Tamara J. B.
THe sleep regressions seem to last a lot longer than they really are...at least in our experience. We did the cereal in the bottle at bedtime thing and that seemed to help her sleep longer stretches. Teething hit and it was Hell, but Tylenol, not Motrin, did the trick. It seems to soothe her pain and she falls to sleep for the whole night. Possibly gets up for a 4am snack. Recently, this week she's been staying up a bit later (9:00-9:30) and she has slept through till 6-7. She woke up at 5 this morning, had a bottle and slept till 8:30. I wish I had better advice, but know that you're not alone in this battle.
- Mary Carmen
Mine is 28 years old and still doesn't sleep at night.
- April Russo (FForever!)