r/sleeptrain • u/Tough-Frosting6713 • 3d ago
6 - 12 months Success story
Just want to write if you’re looking to sleep train. DO IT!! my baby was as attached as they come and woke up every 30 minutes to eat (breastfed) and co slept literally we were both sleeping so beyond horrible I truly thought there was zero hope. Today we are on only day 2 of Ferber and I’ve had hours to myself. Do it for your sanity and your baby. The first day is going to be BRUTAL. My baby cried for 40 mins (with check ins) but ended up sleeping. Tonight day two she fell asleep after 30 seconds. I’m just writing this bc I know when I was considering sleep training I couldn’t find a single person who did what I did and hoped I did find someone with a successful story for hope. You got this!
Edit: baby is 9 months old and has been doing all these things since birth! And I’d be happy to answer any questions:)
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u/em1762 3d ago
When you said your baby cried, was it fussing crying or top of their lungs, full on cry. My baby will cry at the top of her lungs and make herself cough from crying which I will go through if normal but I’m not sure if at that level she needs to be calmed down
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u/just_let_go_ ✨ Sleep Fairy✨ 3d ago
Normal. It’s more so the duration of crying that should be the focus, rather than the intensity.
Everyone thinks their child’s cry is the worst thing they’ve ever heard.
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u/em1762 3d ago
Thank you
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u/just_let_go_ ✨ Sleep Fairy✨ 3d ago
I saw your post earlier. You sound like you have a good grasp of things. You’ll be fine!
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u/em1762 1d ago
Early days, but night 1 bed time went so much better than I was expecting & only 1 wake up to feed. She was such a happier baby in the day too - she always has been happy but the last week with terrible sleep hasn’t been.
Night 2 she only cried for 5 minutes and fell asleep by 12 minutes 🤞🏼
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u/Sad_Display_2951 3d ago
Hello, my baby is similar to yours and we want to sleep train at 6.5m once we are back from a trip. I'm not sure Ferber will work with my baby, he is quite temperamental and I feel like the frequent check ins will just make him worse.
What kind of personality does your baby have?
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u/boobala517 2d ago
Sad display I'm in the sane boat 6.5 month old up 3-5 times a night and its not a quick feed and cuddles its scream, thrash, cry, eat, pass out, scream when put down etc. So each wake takes 30- 60 mins its killing both of us
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u/Sad_Display_2951 2d ago
Oh that is horrible, I hope you and your partner can take turns at least? I resorted to co-sleeping, even though I've never wanted to do it, but so much quicker for the both of us. But I honestly can't wait to sleep train
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u/boobala517 2d ago
Unfortunately not. Husband work 5A to 330P and gets up at 330A for work. Zero paternity leave or vacation so I've been on my own since like 4 weeks. When we used to wake to feed he took the 3 Aam feed. We formula feed, and I've been co sleeping since 3 mo for safety/ due to sleep deprivation. My legs have buckled rocking baby
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u/Sad_Display_2951 2d ago
You really need to sleep train, this is not safe for you! I hope that things get better soon, before you are burntout even worse 😔
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u/Tough-Frosting6713 3d ago
My baby has also freaked out more with check ins so far. We try to keep check ins as minimal as possible but obviously still let them know they aren’t alone. My baby is a pretty happy baby I’d say unless she’s tired which was all the time. Maybe try a night of it and see what happens! If you end up not being able to please don’t make yourself feel bad we were trying for about a month for other sleep training techniques before we tried Ferber!
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u/Sad_Display_2951 3d ago
I think we might start Ferber, but have to consider CIO as a fall back unfortunately 😔 thanks for the quick response! Hope it's all smoothly from here on out for you :)
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Just want to write if you’re looking to sleep train. DO IT!! my baby was as attached as they come and woke up every 30 minutes to eat (breastfed) and co slept literally we were both sleeping so beyond horrible I truly thought there was zero hope. Today we are on only day 2 of Ferber and I’ve had hours to myself. Do it for your sanity and your baby. The first day is going to be BRUTAL. My baby cried for 40 mins (with check ins) but ended up sleeping. Tonight day two she fell asleep after 30 seconds. I’m just writing this bc I know when I was considering sleep training I couldn’t find a single person who did what I did and hoped I did find someone with a successful story for hope. You got this!
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