Can I start to sleep train baby the 1st night moving into a crib (currently bed sharing)?

I've been bed sharing with my baby since she outgrew the basinnet, but even then I'd take her the 2nd half of the night into the bed with me. She keeps waking too many times a night for me to handle. Last night she woke 14 times, the night before 9 times. Typically she wakes 6-12 times. She is 8 months old and I can't do this anymore. I feel like I'm physically dying. I dread sleep but I crave it. I need this to stop. I want to put her in her pack and play from tomorrow on and sleep train her. Is it possible to sleep train the first night she sleeps away from my bed?

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From what I've read...you can. I'm in a group on fb called "respectful sleep training" and it's really helpful. I'm doing sleep training tonight with my 12 month old who also wakes up multiple times a night which is making me crazy lol I feel the same way u do...get anxious at bed time but want to sleep so bad. She's always been terrible at sleeping and she wakes up more than 5 times a night...when she was 8 months she was walking up so much I couldn't get count..

From all my reading and hearing stories of sleep training. .. you could pick which ever sleep training method you want and do it first night u put her in a pack and play.

Just follow Wake windows and give it a shot ..someone told me...if the baby wakes up constantly with you..might as well try a different way..it personally takes me about 20 to 40 mins to get mine asleep with my assistance so I'm just gonna rip the band-aid and let her try to fall asleep on her own 🤷🏽‍♀️ plus it's so mentally draining when they wake up so much...😭

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