Confused with sleep training with a fomo baby?

I know there are different methods of sleep training, but wondering at what point if I was to do the cry out method would it be enough? I’d hate to hear my baby cry for a long period of time, even if it’s 2 minutes, as her crying turns into screaming. I don’t even think it would work as the minute I put her down sleep is out of the picture. Also the fact that my baby will not go down easily, if I put her down she will play, she’s such a fomo baby and I don’t think she can get herself to sleep as she automatically wants to play, and then is wide awake and takes another few hours. Anyone else has a fomo baby and what do you actually do because I’ve tried everything!

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Wondering similar recently! My baby stands straight up if we try to put her down awake, and cries. And as you say, cries turn into screams if I leave even if for just one moment.
How do you get your lo to sleep?

I breastfeed her to sleep, sometimes that doesn’t work and she wants to play, she’s at a stage where she finds everything funny and bedtime is a joke, she’s can’t self soothe so it’s either a dummy to sleep or breast and I have to hold her or else she just won’t go down

I’m exactly the same! Literally have to feed her to sleep each time but if she had other her way she would be awake for hours on end 🙈 so we she’s been able to stand she now won’t put herself to sleep like she used to!

Wondering the same! My baby has fomo and won’t sleep either at night or during the day. I’m currently feeding to sleep which is the only thing that works but really want to stop doing that and try to get him to learn how to fall asleep as we’re up every couple of hours in the night and it just doesn’t work with going back to work. It’s also got to the point where even my husband can’t settle him. Tried ferber but it hasn’t worked but I do think I wasn’t persistent enough with it. I’m interested to see how others are doing it

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Hi I have a 16 day old via c section, I'm a FTM never having been around babies before as I am the youngest of my household and from a small family. My husband is fantastic with our little one. But ever since I've had the baby I just feel like the only thing I'm good for is producing milk. I feel disconnected from my husband like the only reason he's around is because am producing milk. We were having some issues before the baby and we're struggling it took a while to feel like he was onboard even though he said he was from the moment we found out. I dunno if I'm feeling like a spear part because I'm lacking confidence with baby or because I feel like he wouldn't mind being a single dad. Is this postpartum hormones or something else?

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I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

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Does anyone else feel guilty for every little thing they do? I feel like I need to be entertaining my little one at all times. If I have to put her in the activity center to finish a task, instant guilt. In the car for too long, instant guilt. Replying to work emails instead of interacting with her, instant guilt. I know independent play is good for her but my brain thinks otherwise. Please tell me it gets better, I’d love to shower for more than 10 minutes without it feeling like the world is going to collapse.