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I’m struggling with sleep training my 12 month old, second time. First time I gave up on day 3, because the gentle check in method ended up feeling like a CIO with baby facing literal fear and stress when placed in the crib or crib room. Now second time trying gradual method. By fading out one association at a time. He’s on one nap now. The entire night would keep nursing and latched every few minutes. And does only contact naps. If anyone did a gradual method, what was that like? If not sleep trained what does that look like?

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Hi. I'm a baby sleep coach. I can teach you a gentler method than the gradual method. It's part of the Baby Sleep Accelerator Coaching Program. You can get a complimentary strategy session with me here: https://calendly.com/baby-sleep-accelerator/discovery-call

My 13 month old HATED his crib. I weaned him from BF first then a month later started sleep training. Actually this week is when I started and he's doing great! I started with turning his crib into a toddler bed. I let him play in his room to get comfortable with his bed then did a couple naps in there and transitioned to nights. So far he's doing great! He wakes up a couple times (2 max) and falls right back to sleep when I pat his butt or rub his back. Absolutely NO TALKING when I'm doing this too.

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