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@Kavita She’s 4 months old if that’s makes any difference. I’m a FTM so I honestly have no idea what I’m doing or if it’s even considered okay to let her cry it out. I just get so overwhelmed when I’ve tried everything so I just have to step away to let her cry. We were breastfeeding up until 3 months (was hospitalized from sepsis mastitis, so we switched to formula). She’s still only drinking 2-4 ounces. I’m just waiting for her to get out of that “breastfeeding habit” still. I’m hoping once she starts taking more formula at one time, then she’ll start sleeping longer stretches. Otherwise, she’s still waking everyone 3ish hours I’d say.
Possibly look into Taking Cara babies or another gentle method if you’re feeling guilty. I haven’t sleep trained yet myself so we haven’t done any CIO, gentle or not, so I don’t have any advice. But I do know there are gentle approaches out there to help. Good luck!
Honestly there is so much we can talk about. You can message me privately if you would like.
First off, everyones parenting style is different and what might work for your baby might not work for mine and vice versa. I’ve been lucky with my LO who has slept through the night. But sometimes putting her down is a little difficult in the sense that she wants the paci but keeps spitting it out and crying. However once she falls asleep she is out. Early on I dropped the middle of the night feed and made sure she got all her milk throughout the day. My suggestion with what worked for me is to not feed to sleep. So I would feed her, burp, and put down OR depending on if she is fussy I’d feed, burp, rock until sleepy and then put down. Does she wake in the night for a feed or do you wake her?