Sleep Training, ABSOLUTELY NO CIO?

Question

Hi mommas! I am not a believer in sleep training but I’m desperate at this point. My daughter will be 6 months old on 01/13 and she’s EBF. She wakes 4-5 times a night. Daytime naps are only 30-45 minutes unless I’m holding her. I’m exhausted, and have other children to care for. My question is, has anyone successfully sleep trained WITHOUT using CIO? I absolutely refuse to CIO, I would rather die of sleep deprivation, so that is NOT an option for me. But any other methods/tips/tricks would be greatly appreciated! *Side note: yes, she is EBF, I have not introduced food or cereal yet and do not plan to until after her 6mo checkup. She gets PLENTY of calories from breastmilk, and has tripled her birthweight in 5 months. She refuses all pacifiers and bottles. 
TIA!

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We rocked our son asleep then went to lay him down. Now we get him drowsy then lay him down with this Vteck toy (it’s a voice activated hippo that plays music and lights) he sleeps SO GOOD now!

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You could try the Facebook group respectful sleep training. They are, well, respectful of all methods. Good luck!

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I tried the cry it out menthod and NOPE that doesn't work for either of us. My little girl got so worked up when I did check ins and eventually would make herself sick. 
What has worked for us is rocking her to sleep. But my thought was I just wanted to get her use to being in her own room. It's working great so far. I'm still rocking her but each day it's less and less. Eventually I hope to move away from the rocking.

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I will also not let my girl cry it out. She cry’s I help her simple as that. I do everything in small steps. So when I wanted her to sleep I started by staying in the room while she napped and I gradually moved away. So now I put her down and I stand in the door way - so she can’t see me and I sing twinkle twinkle little star and shushes until she falls asleep. Sometimes she needs a little more reassurance and I stroke her head a little. Other time she doesn’t even need me to sing twinkle twinkle I just go with the amount of reassurance she needs.

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Do you want absolutely no crying at all? Then rocking her would be my best bet, but that could continue for a very long time... like til babe is 3? My SIL does this and her kids are older and she still rocks them. It works for her and they’re all happy. 
If you can handle the gentle crying option where you are in the room and pat babe on the back and are timed then there are options. It’s not the same as the old Ferber method. You’re basically sitting in a chair with your arm through the rungs patting babe. They’ll still cry most likely, but you’re there the entire time. 
We used Little Z’s because I Needed sleep. I was literally going nuts, hallucinated a few times, would be hyper paranoid, etc. So medically we had to go the route of sleep training. And no I didn’t have any help. 
Yes, some crying happens in the program but it’s minimal. The focus is wake/sleep times.

Sleep Training, ABSOLUTELY NO CIO?

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