Sleep training?

Question

Daughter hit 3 months this weekend and now I’m wondering if I should start sleep training. Right now she ends up falling asleep while I’m holding her for naps and if I put her down she wakes up in 10 minutes... at night she falls asleep nursing or by me rocking her and then I put her in a rock n play (without it rocking) due to her reflux. She will sleep long periods of time but I’m wondering if I should be trying to get her to go to sleep on her own without me holding her or rocking her during the day and for bedtime... I don’t think I have it in me to do the cry it out method as I’ve read crying can make the reflux more painful (and I’m a big baby and not strong enough to hear her cry) so any other suggestions would be amazing

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What I've been reading, they will go through a sleep regression around 4 months so it's best to wait until after that before attempting to sleep train. Now, not everyone goes through it but personally I don't wanna take my chances and have to start all over again. As far as the CIO method that really shouldn't start until about 4-6 months. I hate when my daughter crys now, and it's gonna suck when she gets older but we've decided to try the CIO when she's older so we'll see how that goes. With your LO having reflux things might be a little different but you could also talk to the pediatrician and see what they recommend for someone in your position

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First time mom here and I’m probably going to jinx myself after posting this but for the past week my 11 week old baby has been sleeping at least 10 hours at night without using the CIO method (waking up one time for 15-20 mins feeding around 5/6am).  I read books, blogs and watched videos... and ended up using a combination of it all as I felt out my baby’s needs. What I ended up doing is...
- keeping him up after 4:30pm until at least 9pm
- starting his nightly routine at 7pm. Bath, change into PJs, no toys, his longest feeding (5-6oz)
- I noticed between weeks 8 and 10 that he’d start getting sleepy between 10-11pm so at week 10 I started putting him in his bassinet around 10pm and placing my hand in his hands as he slowly fell asleep.  Even when he got fussy, playing with my fingers soothed him and he would fall asleep.  Now he falls asleep around 9:30 with me near him but keeping my hands out of the crib.  I guess I’m slowly removing his tie/comfort to me as he falls asleep and hoping he’ll be doing it completely on his own soon.  
I haven’t mastered naps yet... just focused on night sleeping.  He just naps whenever (except for after 4:30pm).
This string of comments is the first time I’m hearing of the sleep regression at 4 months so I’ll be looking into that now :)
Hope this is helpful!

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I wouldn’t do cry it out yet. I let my 10 week old cry or 5-10 minutes during the day while I’m busy feeding my toddler and it sucks, but it’s literally the only way he will nap. So if you’re interested in trying I wouldn’t do anything to extreme just 5-10 minutes if they are fed and dry and you’re in the middle of something try it. But I’d wait until they are older. Also you can try rocking at first then once they are really drowsy and eyes are closing stop rocking.

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I'd say to focus on good routines around bedtime and naps, but your LO is still too young for CIO. They don't recommend trying that until at least 4-6 months. Also, as someone mentioned, there is a sleep regressing that will likely happen around 4 months, so you'll want to wait until after that anyway. My LO won't nap without me holding her either, and she requires being rocked or walked to fall asleep. She won't do it on her own. But they're only this little for a while, so I just do what comforts her.

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We are going to focus on having a routine and then really try to sleep train after the four month regression.

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Same for me on the naps! 😩 I am also wondering the same thing!

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Still too young for sleep training, check out takingcarababies on Instagram. She posts great tips and has a great blog, right now is just about practicing good sleep habits and gently teaching them how to fall asleep by themselves but they are too young for any formal sleep training.

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I think 3 months is way too you for CIO method. Maybe try to minimize rocking best you can. Sorry wasn’t much help.

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