Sleep training?

From what I’ve been told from a bunch of moms. This is normal for 4 months because they’re learning so much. That being said my 4 month old only sleeps on my chest. So I made the recliner as safe as possible for us both to sleep. Pillows to keep my arms up and around him and i generally don’t wear a shirt so he can’t suffocate in it.

We just started sleep training tonight. Baby is 18 weeks. Her regressuonhit a little early at 3.5 months and we have been miserable for weeks. It was getting dangerous how sleep deprived I am, you need at least some sleep to take care of a baby! After considering all the methods and talking with our pediatrician we decided to go straight to full extinction method (cry it out). It’s probably the most painful, but it also works the fastest so less pain overall! She cried for a little less than our hour tonight, but then has already given us a 5 hour stretch of sleep waking up to eat! I considered but responding to this because I can’t do it anonymously and I know people will judge. But I also wanted to give you encouragement to do what’s best for you and your family. If you think your little one is ready, don’t feel bad about trying it!

I know every baby is different but personally what helped my son be able to sleep through the night was 1) feeding him strictly every 2 hours during the day so he can go longer stretches as night and 2) Understanding not every cry from a baby is a cry for milk, sometimes it can be soothed by cuddling in bed or rocking the baby. I would really try to hold off on offering to breastfeed unless it’s the absolute last resort. I know that probably sounds cruel to some, but trust me, it’s works. 🙌 My baby is 4 months old and went from waking every two hours to sleeping 9-10 hours at night. It’s going to be hard at first but completely worth it once the baby understands the pattern that nighttime is for sleeping.

I start “sleep training” from the start by working hard to distinguishing day and night time. I use the moms on call schedule! We’re still on week 4-8 with some modifications. I’m really trying to extend her night time sleep. We had our first night time wake up last night in like 7 weeks 😅 and I feel like it could’ve gone worst, but we survived. What helped us was that I do EVERYTHING I can to not get the baby out of the crib. I feel like it wakes her up more. I offer a paci, rub her head, etc. usually that does the trick! But if not, I’d rock/sway, and then feed if necessary I try to stay away from cry it out, but last night I did let her fuss for like 3 mins to determine if it was “real” or not. I did paci twice, and the third time I waited for a few and she passed out on her own

Has yours shown signs of self soothing yet? Like sucking on her hands, rubbing her scalp, thrashing her legs onto mattress? Then shes able to start soothing herself to sleep! My girl is 4 months next week and after a sleep consultant showed me that baby is capable of putting herself to sleep independently (put her down 10-15 minutes BEFORE her wake window ends so she’s not overtired and let her fuss/whimper for 15 minutes to see if she can fall asleep alone)…if she is screaming in distress of course intervene. First time I did it she cried a lot on and off for 10 minutes but since then she’s able to doze off alone after a few whimpers as long as she’s not overtired. It takes practice.