Sleep training??

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WhTs the point? Well I mean, I get the point 😂 BUUUUT, so many posts about regressions and teething, sickness, etc that put them back at square one. So how does “Ferber/CIO(etc..) method works great, you suffer for a day or two and they sleep form then on!”  make sense... Umm clearly not great if they you have to re so the form of sleep training all over. Not helpful 😣

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I have 4 sleep trained children and have never experienced "regression". They may go through tough times from teething/illness etc and need extra soothing for a couple of days, but it's not like you have to do the training all over again.

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I've never had any sort of regression with my first. My second is only two months old, so too soon to tell with her :)

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If you're sleep training your child properly, then you shouldn't have to start over a million times. We sleep trained from the get-go. She was sleeping through by 5 weeks and putting herself to sleep by 3 months. We never once had to start over and she'll be 2 years old this month. It's teaching basic, healthy sleep habits. Sleep training is essential. It's teaching your child healthy sleep habits that they'll use for their entire life.

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My baby was sleep trained by 3 months (she was colic and horrible mood m bc she was so tired form not sleeping) and since she has slept 12 hours a night . Not even teething has disturbed her.

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There are a couple major regressions and they usually upset the baby’s sleep cycle for a week or two but it’s not extended in most cases. With teething or illnesses you may have a couple nights where sleep is messed up, but overall you shouldn’t need to re-sleep train each time. Besides extenuating circumstances, keep the routine the same as always; children respond best to familiarity and routine.

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Many sleep trained babies or babies who are naturally good sleepers never go through teething regressions. Or any other regression for that matter.

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Because if they've learnt how to soothe themselves (and please I really don't wish to argue about whether children can't learn to do that or not, it's just if yiu believe in doing ferber than the thought process follows) if they learn to then no matter the regression it will never take them back to square one.
1st child awful sleeper. Fell into very bad habits due to terrible reflux and so once sleep trained went from 15 to 30 minute sleep stretches to 4 hours 2 hours 2 hours. If he happened to regress due to for example being away from home, one night of similar CIO would solve it. And it was never ever CIO like it was during the initial week of training. Max he ever cried after training kicked in was 10 minutes (with check ins obvs)
2nd child was a decent sleeper. During 9 month regression when he started to walk he began waking more. So I sleep trained then. Different to normal ferber I stayed by the crib for him and let him CIO. He was more stubborn but once he took to it the night wakings dropped from many to 2 to 1 to needing just a little settling, to nothing.
I have not yet experienced personally a child that doesn't need some form of training. Some children are angel sleepers. Mine aren't. More importantly I prefer mine to have the Independance of being able to go into thier beds/cribs, roll around in the dark with me in the room or out of the room and fall asleep on thier own. To know no matter whose taking care of them sleep is not an issue. To get a full stretch of sleep myself as well so I can play with them all day the next day.
I now have 3 under 3, so far my 3rd has the best sleep temperament out of them all and we shall roll with him and see how it goes.

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It’s rough with the regression teething being sick and so forth but it’s nice to have the consistency. Being consistent helps more than you think even when you have hard times like that. Just gotta keep at it keep strong and it eventually pays off.

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