Sleep Training - 8 month old

Hello!

I am exhausted!

My little girl who is now 8months old used to be the best sleeper and was sleeping through the night from 4months old. She hit 6months and it’s has been downhill from there.

Admittedly, she is now used to getting in with me in the middle of the night when she wakes so I guess that is my fault.

However, I now just want a decent nights sleep.

Has anyone tried any sleep training at the age? Any success stories?

Thank you

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what method did you use?

Cry it out but check at regular intervals (18-20) mins. Pick him up and cuddle him, check if he's okay then put him back down after a few minutes and repeat. Xx

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I’m just starting sleep training as she wakes up every 2 hours still and uses the boob for comfort . I am beyond exhausted x

@Courtney we had this for 2 weeks. I've sent that some people are doing the chair method and some ferber method which are a but more gentle

I’m in the middle of training with the Hannah Love C.A.L.M baby sleep. She just released her book and it’s a gentler way of training. It been working so far. Hope it all goes smoothly with you with whatever method you try ☺️

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