Sleep training

What are you opinions on it?
Cry out method, Forbes and others?
Past experiences?
My 2.5 yo still need us in the room on the bed with him until he falls asleep, although sweet and all sometime it may take even over an hour.
I refused to sleep training him before because I couldn’t handle the cry, but now my 5 months old really doesn’t sleep at all from 1 am he’d wake up every 30-45 minutes and I’m exhausted. Spending so much time with mu 2 yo to put him to sleep then my baby…
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I do the exact same with my 3 years old and baby. It will get better soon as baby will start sleeping easier then the toddler.I definitely would not do the cry out method because I am exhausted it could really stress babies and kids out, also you can easily lose his trust , but we all different. I am just always trying to keep it in mind that it is only temporary and was my choice to have kids

Honestly same. My toddler was a great sleeper I never had to sleep train him. We rocked and cuddled him to sleep and he slept 12h through never woke up until 1 year. Now my 5 mo is a nightmare sleeper, wake up every 10 min-2h I’m so drained while also caring for my toddler I’m seriously considering Ferber method although I was always against sleep training. I can’t cry every single anymore and handle any more sleep deprivation :(

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