Sleep training while sick
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@Shelby aww it’s so hard. I’m not necessarily nervous to leave her sleeping in her crib because we share a room and I wake up to any little noise she makes. I just feel so mean if she doesn’t feel good and just wants to cuddle with her mama 😭
I would put a pause on sleep training. When they’re sick, teething, or going through a sleep regression is the worst times to sleep train. Plus crying is their only form of communication with us at this age. If she wakes up multiple times a night while sick then she needs something, even if it’s just to be comforted! I hope she feels better soon🥺
started sleep training ferber method and it’s starting to work, we took a break when he was sick, i cuddled as long as I can but i still put him in his crib when hes passed out. I finally also have pretty schedule naps
@Indigo yes this is what I figured. She’s back in my arms as I type this 😭
So you’re not supposed to sleep train when they’re sick. But tbh, if you’ve already done 3 days I would at least try it again tonight. I’d go in with the mindset that I’d be willing to cancel it in the middle of the night if she’s too upset, but I’d see how it went. A lot of people say after 3 nights they’ll be sleep trained. Also as a side note, my son has been sick 1000 times and he actually sleeps better when he has upper respiratory viruses. I think his body just knows he needs sleep. He only wakes if he coughs so much that it wakes him.
@Hannah exactly... they actually sleep better when sick... it's like their bodies know they need to rest. And same.. mine only wakes up with a cough episode, normally early in the morning when she has a cold.
@Hannah @Alejandra i wish that’s how it went 😭 she was up every little bit last night. I think it’s because she’s not been eating good during the day, but she wanted to eat all night last night.
My LO just got over her very first cold. I’m not going to lie I have been cosleeping her since she was about 1.5months old. It was very hard to sleep train my little one. She was so congested she had to sleep with me. I was so terrified of everything that could go wrong with her laying there without me.