Did you sleep train your baby through the 4 month regression?

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Comments please! I keep hearing that you have to teach your baby how to self settle or they will wake up every 1-2 hours all night forever after the 4 month regression hits. I’ve tried using gentle methods to help my 4 month old to self settle but have had zero luck and just seem to waste so much of my own time and energy trying. I’d rather just hold her if she needs a long nap and put her down asleep at night after being fed to sleep. Did you have to train your baby to sleep longer stretches or did they just learn on their own?

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Sleep trainung can be tough for babies, especially under 6m. I’d honestly enjoy the cuddles for a bit longer and wait. 6m most babies are more developmentally ready for sleep training

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4 months is way to young! 6 months at least.

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Little Ones sleep program was/is a goldmine for us. Google it or look for their Facebook page. It’s not “training”. It’s a guide to teach you the proper ways to maximize their sleep times, teaching self settling without crying it out, surviving sleep regressions, how to transition through each phase as they grow, etc. After only a day of using it out little stopped being so fussy in the evening. Within two weeks he was sleeping 12 hours straight at night and napping 4+ hours a day. I so highly recommend it. I couldn’t do “training” or cry it out. This guide was the best thing we did in that first year. It’ll go through 36 months too to help you transition as they grow. Our little is 15 months old and we’ve been using it since 12 weeks old.

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My baby is almost 3 weeks and she’s slept in her crib at night since the third day we had her home (night 1 and 2 I stayed up with her all night because she refused to sleep anywhere other than on me, and I was terrified of rolling over at night and smothering her so I forced myself to stay up until 6am and then had her dad take her so I could nap for a few hours - that was rough!). First few crib nights, I was up every hour or two, but she’s sleeping 3-4 hour stretches now so I only have to get up once in the middle of the night. 
I put her to bed around midnight, she wakes up around 4am, I feed her and change her diaper, put her back to sleep, and hen she gets back up between 7-8am. After another diaper change, I feed her to sleep in my bed and we have a little cuddle nap until 9-10am. We’ve done this exact routine for the past week and no problems. Sometimes at 4am, when I’m getting her back to sleep, it takes some time to get her into a deep sleep, but I’m definitely glad to not wake up every hour. 
I’m not “sleep training” her, I’m just lucky I guess. I am teaching her routine and the difference between day and night (she sleeps in her crib at night with no noise, naps around the house during the day with lights on and background noise, like the TV). 
I didn’t know about this 4-month regression thing! Hope I don’t have that problem!

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We waited until after

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My babe is 4 months and in the last 6 weeks has gone from sleeping 30 mins in her own crib to 5 hours, with no intervention from us. She still has to be nursed to sleep but we will work on that when she gets to six months. There are so many changes happening during this sleep regression that we don’t want to add any more. We are just keeping our routine the same and waiting out this rough patch where she wakes every 30-90 mins 😩 good luck mama x

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You can sleep train whenever you feel like you and your baby are comfortable. I’ll be starting soon when he is a little past 5 months (we are moving because of my husband’s job and we have been back and forth between cities for 2 weeks so it’s been difficult) but I heard some some woman even start at 8 months..
So it’s really up to you. You know your baby best and you should feel comfortable with your choice ❤️

Did you sleep train your baby through the 4 month regression?

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