sleep training?

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Are any of y'all started sleep training? My son is 9 weeks and weighs 13 lbs.. when will you start sleep training and which method have you chosen? I'm due back at work in 2 weeks and he still wakes up 3 times a night ..

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My son is 9 weeks 13.5 pounds. We haven't done anything special with sleep. He's usually down by 9-9:30. Sometimes he sleeps 6-8 hours straight. Sometimes he's up 1-2 then 4-5. Just depends.

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I won't sleep train my baby until he's 6 months or so.

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My 8 wk old is about 11 lbs and has slept from 9-9:30 to 4 or 5 for weeks now. From birth I turned all of the lights off in the house and closed the blinds at like 7:30 and left just a few dim lamps on. I have a sound machine going in her room from that time until I'm ready for us to be up during the day and nightlight on all night, so when I do change her diaper it's just bright enough for me to see but doesn't get her fully awake. I cut out diaper changes unless she really needs it at her 2 am wake up she used to do and now also at her 4 or 5 am wake up and she goes back down at that point until like 8:30. Sometimes if it's getting late and she's dozing off in my arms then waking up and fighting sleep, I just lay her in her crib because at that point we aren't doing each other any good. If she starts to cry I wait no more than 10 minutes, sometimes she falls asleep or if not, I pick her back up. If she doesn't fuss, she just plays around until she falls asleep on her own which I feel like is an important thing to learn for her, as long as she isn't crying. She only takes 3-4 20-30 min naps during the day which I think has an effect on it, but those short naps are enough to give me a break, keep her from being overtired and to have her sleep basically through the night. So not much sleep training I've done TO HER but more the environment. I think the times she's calm or only a little fussy and just soothes herself to sleep have made the biggest difference... i just don't let her "cry it out" if she's really upset because it's too early for that.

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My son is almost 8wks and probably close to 14lbs. I am flexable with his schedule but its generally bed between 8-9. He'll wake up between 1-2 bottle and change then he'll be up around 5 change and bottle the back to sleep until 8ish. Its not bad except that I get home from work at 1:30am and hubby usually waits for me to do that feeding😖. Plus when he came home from the hospital. He was up every 1-2hrs and I was lucky if he went back to bed at 5am.

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My son is 7 weeks old and we've done the same bedtime routine from day 1 of bringing him home from hospital. He'll usually go to sleep about 8:30/9 after his last bottle and he'll sleep through till 6:30/7. The odd time he'll wake in the night for a bottle and change. We count our selves really lucky after reading about baby's that wake ever 2 hours😥

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My daughter will be 6 weeks tomorrow and we have been doing Babywise since day one.  She's pretty much got her schedule down pat, but she does wake up twice at night to eat.  That's still normal for her age.

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My precious boy is 7 weeks now, but small... under 10 lbs. I've been reading The Sleep Lady's Good Nught Sleep Tight book. It's a gentle sleep training. Along with Baby Whisperer.

Basically most programs don't start sleep training until 4-6 months, however you can start following a more rigid schedule. Most programs agree with a 3 hour schedule...eat, activity, sleep. If baby is hungry before 3 hours feed him.

The goal is to eliminate bad habits... i.e. Falling asleep on the bottle or breast, not allowing baby to fall asleep from motion only only I.e. rocking, holding, etc.

Here is a 4-8 week old example schedule. (My little man is a bad day time sleeper, but I find when I catch his sleepy signals early enough I'm able to help him sleep better during the day which helps him sleep better at night) the schedule has really helped me. 
E.7.30amA.7.45 -8.30S.8.30 - 10.30E.10.30A.10.45 - 11.30 sometimes 11.45S.11.45 - 1.30E1.30A1.45 - 2.30S2.30 - 4E4A 4.30 - 5.30S5.30 - 6.15bath 6.20 dress ectE7.00pmA winddown 10 minsS 7.30pmE.dreamfeed 10.30pmA none shes asleep  
Feed on demand for middle of the night.

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My baby is almost 6 weeks. Most sleep training guides say to wait until about 6 months. We had one night with 6 and a half hours of sleep. Haven't gotten that since. We started putting a little rice cereal in her bottle. Not too much. Just enough to keep her fuller for longer and hope she sleeps a little longer. We also started a night time routine. If it's bath night, she gets a bath between 8:30-8:45. Then she has her last bottle between 9-9:30 and hopefully she is sleeping by 10. If it's not a bath night, she gets her pajamas on and the feeding time is the same. I try to make sure she is sleeping between 10-10:30 and then I usually know when she will be up.

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My baby is 7 weeks and only wakes once at night. She's not that great of a day sleeper won't sleep longer then 45 mins then I'll have to hold her for the rest of her nap. But at 6pm she has a bath takes a little nap in the ergo while I finish up cleaning from dinner or from the day. Then her last bottle is at 7pm and she sleeps till 4:30 am gets a bottle, changed and right back down till 7am has a bottle then back down while I get my 7 year old ready for school and get the house ready for the day then up at 9am

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