Sleep Training?

Question

So I've been reading a lot of headlines in our group about poor sleeping now, this thread hopefully will turn into a support thread for all of us who are considering, are trying or have successfully sleep trained. *ALL METHODS WELCOME NON-JUDGMENT ZONE*
I'll start!
Our baby was becoming increasingly difficult to put down to sleep, we had to rock him until he was out and transfer and he always woke within 30 minutes. After being tired of doing a 2 hr bedtime routine we decided to try Ferber.
Night 1: I caved, I thought he just wasnt ready for that much crying - it was never hysterical crying but I couldn't handle all the fussing and protesting.
Night 2: I tried again, he fell asleep after 7 min!
Night 3: NO CRYING! He just kinda whined and fussed for about 15 min and fell asleep
Night 4: Same!
Night 5: NO FUSSING NOW! He just kinda babbled on and on like he does when he's playing on his play mat. And then he just fell asleep!
He still gets 1-2 feeds a night (BF on demand even at night) but now instead of me having to rock and burp to sleep and be very careful about placing him down, I can burp him for a few minutes and put him down, asleep or awake and he will fall asleep!
OK mamas, let's support or share stories! We welcome all methods, CIO and no cry solutions and everything in between! Whatever works for our babies :)

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I really didn't want to do the cry it out method but we ended up doing a modified version of it in the end.
She started waking up as soon as we would put her in her crib, full belly  fresh diaper, with a sleep sack on and a good half hour of cuddle time in the rocking chair. So we decided to leave the room and give her a few minutes to sort of figure it out. So we did 10 minutes, then went in if she was actually crying for us (we let her be if she was just whining)
Then 15 minutes, then 20 minutes. We did this for about 2 weeks, granted she did get a cold halfway through so we didnt leave her as long and she got way more in between snuggles.
But last night something magical happened, she slept through the night!
She was asleep in bed by about 8:30, after only 2 visits from me and a half hour of talking to herself in bed. And I woke up at 7am and she was only just beginning to stir.
I'm so happy we found something that worked for us that still gave her confidence that when she truly needs us she can cry for us and we will come to her 😊

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Honestly were just waiting it out. We can let her cry because she throws up so easily (GERD) and then she chokes and we have to change her sopping wet pjs. This sleep regression started Sept 9th and I've been sleeping around 1-2 hours a night on average. There were some nights she was waking every 30-40 minutes! Lately in the past week she has had a few nights of longer stretches so maybe we are working out way out of this.

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Used the save our sleep method and put her down awake and left for the minimum time for her age (10 mins). She was out by 8 mins first go, less every other time, two weeks later no fuss unless in a bad mood or a little overtired, but still no interventions required from us. She started sleeping 2 hour naps immediately (previously max 30 unless held) and sleeping through the night by night 3, previously up 4-5 times a night. She was 18 weeks and had been going through the regression for 4 weeks when we started. Now bedtime and naps are so easy, no anxiety, me, DH and babysitters can all put her down no worries 😁😁😁

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We did almost the same thing with the same result!! We were coming from a 4 hour bedtime process 😣 and totally had enough! She now sleeps 10 hours straight. BUT daytime naps are another story.. Not sure where to start but she is still taking 5 naps a day and will only sleep one sleep cycle on her own. I still rock and transfer for naps and in the afternoon I hold her so she will take a longer nap. This had become our routine and I'm not sure how to break it! Would love for her to nap on her own in her crib so I can get some me time! Any suggestions on where to start would be great ☺ I've tried putting her down like I do at night and it hasn't worked! She just won't stop crying.👎

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Omg I’m so glad I found this thread! We are currently trying to help our daughter figure sleep out and I’m not really sure what I’m doing lol. At night she nurses to sleep, but sometimes she will wake up after we put her down and before we go to bed. I nurse her starting around 6:30 and I do another dream feed before I go to bed at 9:30, but in between there sometimes she sleeps great and sometimes she is awake almost the entire time. No rhyme or reason that I’ve found. Overnight we have a policy that we don’t pick her up unless she is actually upset. If we can let her figure it out we will, if she’s being fussy/talking for a while we will place a hand on her and shush her until she’s asleep again. I’m not sure what to do about naps. It generally takes me about ten minutes of swaying and shushing to get her  drowsy. Then I lay her down and she usually rolls over and goes to sleep. If I try and put her down totally awake though she can’t seem to do it. How do I approach this? Would also like to be able to somehow move away from nursing to sleep at night but not sure how to make that transition either.

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We’ve used Babywise with both of our children. Both began sleeping all night around the 6-7 week mark. My 2 year old sleeps all night for 10-12 hour stretches and almost never cries going to sleep. My 4 month old sleep for 9-11 hour stretches. If she wakes in the night, I just give her the binkie and she goes right back to sleep

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We do a variation of the Ferber method, and it’s worked beautifully. She goes to sleep without crying now and does the same for most naps (although sometimes still cries a ton to start a nap). I don’t let her cry as long as the Ferber method says. I do about 5-7 minutes max before I go in. With that said, she still wakes up 1-2 times a night to eat. I decided to just feed her then because if I don’t she’ll wake up an hour later, so I think she is genuinely hungry.  I remember when she was 12 weeks old and doing 10 hour stretches...I wish we were back to that!

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