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michaelcjoseph
@michaelcjoseph
What are people’s thoughts on sleep training and the different methodologies? I’m trying to build my own perspective. For context, I have a 3.5 month old son. Until 2 weeks ago, when he got a stuffy nose, he got to the point that he slept 7 to 8 hours straight at night. Now between the stuffy nose and some leaps and regressions, he’ll vary between 3.5 hours and 7 hours before waking up. He doesn’t cry when he wakes up, and instead rolls around for 10 to 20 min before kicking the crib to wake me up. Trying to figure out the best approach to help him sleep through the night. And we have a solid go to bed routine in place.
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Mike
@mrmike
Oh! I did a ton of research into sleep training when we did it for my two kids. I ended up needing a different technique for each kid but got them both sleep trained! There seem to be two dominant schools of thought which exist on opposite ends of a “cry it out”/ “putting down drowsy but awake” spectrum with the training methods existing between. My strategy was to start with the most gentle methods and progress towards cry it out depending on success. . Our first child responded really well to the Ferber Method which has a cry-console loop with increasing duration between consolation. (5m, 10m, 15m, etc） Our youngest was too stubborn for anything but cry it out but that worked in two nights. When to start and what method you use all depends on baby development and family needs. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions.
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