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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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We did sleep training at 12 weeks old. I can see how that would seem a little early to some people but I was grateful we did it, sleep is so important to babies and to us parents! Things that made the biggest difference IMO — Putting the baby down *awake* - we never rocked to sleep before. It teaches them to self soothe. If they cried, we would set a timer. 3 min, 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, 20 min, etc. So, if the baby is still crying after 3 min - go in and pat them, rub their belly, soothe them with your voice, let them know you’re there but do not pick them up out of their crib and leave the room. Now set the timer for five minutes. If the baby is still crying when the timer goes off, repeat soothing method without picking them up. Leave the room. Now 10 min timer, continue doing this with each time increment increasing in between. With our first it took a couple nights of doing this. With our second, it took probably a week. So worth it. Good luck to you ✨
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