Sleep training ??

We did it for our little boy when he turned 6 months old. Was very against the idea but it got to the stage we had to do somthing as neither us or him was getting any sleep. We didn't do cry it out or anything just gave comfort by shhh and rubbing him tummy left him 2 mins then 3 then 4 then 5 then every 5 mins while he cried. The main thing was consistency and do not pick them up. It worked, he more often then not sleeps through now as he has learned to self sooth and he is 7 months old. It's hard but he and us are so much better for it.

Following as it’s something I’m considering due to persistent wake ups and sleepless nights

thanks so like for sharing we are thinking thr Ferber method. How long did it take ? How many hours do they now sleep ? Any tips 😘?

The first week was pretty bad. Had times where he cried for an hour at a time. It defo makes you want to give up and pick them up. It improved after the first week. He still wakes at times for example he woke at 23.30 last night and took around half an hour to settle. My main tip is be consistant. No matter how hard it gets stick with it as breaking and picking him up is what will make it fail. Even now a month and half later we still follow the rules, don't pick him up, just comfort as per the recommendations. He goes down around 7 and sleeps untill half 6 in the morning, he has times where he wakes but quickly rolls over and goes back to sleep most of the time. It's been a game changer for us.

thanks so much ! It feels so cruel doesn’t it but studies do show it actually helps them xxx

Yes we followed the ‘baby secrets’ book section on sleep training , reccommend xx

I am currently sleep training my baby (6 months old). I was also against it but am to return to work tomorrow and was so tired I almost crashed my car twice. For reference my baby was waking up every 1-2 hours and was nursing to sleep, but would transfer him to his cot because I was too scared to bed share.
Anyways we started on Thursday using Ferber method as it worked wonders with my niece. The first night was the hardest, but nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be.
He cried for 14 min then fell asleep, then again half an hour later for 30 min (with 3 checks), then every hour at night he’d cry for a minute or two then go back to sleep again.
Second night took him 5 min to fall asleep on his own, woke up a couple times overnight but fell asleep immediately after.
Last night (3rd night) he fell asleep in 10 minutes with minimum fussing and slept through 7.30 pm - 7.30 am I still can’t believe it 🥹
Fingers crossed for tonight 🤞🏻