My daughter is experiencing some serious sleep regression currently. She is also in the middle of leap 4. So against my better judgment, I have been letting her bedshare with me. I make it as safe as I can, but I realize this isn’t ideal. Anytime I lay her in her bed, she immediately cries a very sad cry. I am fine with sleep training her, but would prefer to do it at 5 months or at least after this leap ends. Anytime she is in a leap, she needs me more. She is already going through so much developmentally. I also would like to do a gentle sleep training with minimal crying. I am not very comfortable letting her cry for extended periods of time or over 5 minutes.

My SO says, “Well, my friend at work said we need to let her cry herself to sleep. Babies are supposed to cry.”

Yes, his friend as 3 kids, but the youngest is 4 years old and he wasn’t around for the infancy of the others. There’s a good chance he doesn’t remember the exact time they sleep trained. I wish he would consider my opinions and put them first. Also, he doesn’t even sleep in the same room. He has slept in the guest room since we brought her home. 🤦‍♀️