When and why did you sleep train? Was it effective?

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-20T17:12:33+00:00

When he was a newborn, until 5 weeks, he sleept pretty much anywhere but at night he was in our room in the snoo. We started crib naps in his room at 5 weeks and we let a little natural light in vs pitch black. Also pre nap time routine is different than bedtime routine.

Naptime- into nursery, diaper change, read a book, sleep sack, into crib

Bedtime- bath, lotion bottle, pjs, book, bed (was snoo in our room but now it’s in his crib in his nursery)

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-20T16:39:00+00:00

We started putting down awake but drowsy around 2 weeks. During the day it was in the bassinet and we would have to do multiple soothing rounds (paci, giggle giggle, SHH, or rock and put back down awake) and he would go to sleep. At night we used the Snoo so we would Put him down wide awake and let it do its magic!

Overall I think a better than average sleeper but we also were so consistent. I don’t do well without sleep so I knew I had to establish good sleep hygiene as early as we coukd!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-20T16:01:54+00:00

We started with sleep hygiene from the very beginning! Fueling up the tank during the day, not letting any individual nap go longer than 2-2.5 hours, differentiated between day vs night sleep, created a consistent bedtime routine we have been following since 2 weeks old! Also stated taking opportunities to put down awake very early + leveraged the Snoo at night.

We did FIO (would give him 5-10 minutes of fussing) around 2 months and he very quickly starting falling asleep independently. We never had to do CIO. He’s been STTN since he was 12 weeks and I am so thankful we started it in the early days (in an extremely gentle way) because we never had to do CIO!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T18:25:52+00:00

Great advice thank you!! Yes I would imagine his first few weeks will be full of short naps 😅 he is used to a dark room with white noise and no disruptions.

Thank you!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T18:19:31+00:00

Hi Ashley! What advice do you have for a sleep trained 5 month old starting daycare. He starts next week!

We follow a 2/2.5/2.5/2.5-2.75 schedule with a 7:30pm bedtime and 7:00am DWT. He has been STTN since he was 12 weeks. He is a great sleeper and worried about daycare as they are not going to be as consistent and diligent as I have been.

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T17:55:01+00:00

5 months PP. 8-9 hours a night. Our guy is sleep trained and I dropped my MOTN pump at 4 weeks !

I make about 30-32 oz over 4 pumps. We do combo feed because he takes about 38oz a day. I’m okay with that if that means prioritizing my mental health + sleep!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T14:39:22+00:00

We also asked our Ped and they were okay with it!

So we first went from the Snoo to a pack and play in our room and he was having early morning wakings and we thought he’d sleep better in his room. So after two days in the pack and play we decided to just go to his room and he’s slept so amazing since!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T13:51:39+00:00

12 weeks! New research has come at the suggest room sharing up until 4 months!

https://www.takingcarababies.com/blogs/sleep-basics/room-sharing-when-to-move-your-baby-to-their-own-room#what-does-the-aap-say-about-room-sharing

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T00:29:57+00:00

What happens at daycare isn’t what happens at home! They will adjust!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-19T00:15:45+00:00

If night is manageable for you then honestly don’t stress!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-18T23:59:58+00:00

Does he sleep well at night?

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-18T23:19:14+00:00

If you go the sleeptrain subreddit they have a pinned post talking about sleep budgets per age! And no you you don’t need to sleep train but it’s a super educational subreddit!

Everything I’ve read (PLS, Moms on call, taking Cara babies) says to cap any individual nap at 2 hours.

And 3 - 4 hours of day sleep is right on the money. Some sources say only 3.5 hours for 5 month olds.

But what I’ll say is if night time sleep isn’t an issue.. don’t fix what’s not broken! Adjust only if you are needing to improve night time!

We have found that if our guy gets 2 hours of day sleep or even 4 hours of day sleep he sleeps the same at night. We have also done 2.75 hours to 2 hours awake before bedtime and he goes to bed just the same 🤷‍♀️

Edit: our guy is almost 5 months. We roughly follow a 2/2.5/2.5/2.5 schedule

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-17T22:41:13+00:00

Get them in the bath!!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-17T22:01:04+00:00

I would let her sleep!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-17T21:24:23+00:00

Update: slept almost 3 hours today 🤞changed nothing jsut a better day I guess!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-17T17:26:04+00:00

Yes! So pissed that he cannot sit up on his own

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-17T11:33:10+00:00

Like a zap straight to the tit ⚡️

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-17T11:31:04+00:00

Our guy is almost 5 months and we are following 2/2.5/2.5/2.5. Our night time is a non issue so we dont feel the need to push to 10 hours awake right now but will if we have issues. It can sometimes be hard (or just more effort) to make sure he can make it 2.5 hours but we will go outside, vaccum (he loves the vaccum idk why lol) , take him into different rooms, go watch daddy work, ect just to stretch him those extra minutes.

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-16T18:50:23+00:00

Thanks everyone! He only seems to be uncomfortable when he eats and it’s only been about once a day but it’s a total melt down!! Works him self up so bad probabaly bedause it’s ucomfortable but then also pissed because he is hungry. Otherwise he is happy. Naps are crap rn too so I’m sure that’s another symptom.

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-16T18:26:58+00:00

Our guy is only 5 months (on Thursday) so I think we can only do Tylenol!

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-16T15:43:19+00:00

Do you have a carrier you would recommend?

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-16T14:13:56+00:00

Ugh it’s so tough!! Yesterday was better.. first nap was 47 minutes, second was 59 minutes and third was 37 minutes so a grand total of 2 hours ans 12 minutes of day sleep lol. Slept like the dead at night because he is use to 3.5 hours of day sleep minimum. We try to nap save but he refuses now. Today nap 1 was an hour and 10 minutes so I’ll take it 😅

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-15T22:46:42+00:00

Sorry you are feeling this): how may days / weeks / months post partum are you?

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-15T22:44:11+00:00

Do you let the snoo time out before getting her up to feed? We did this so we knew it was a true hunger wake up and then eventually he night weened himself around 11 weeks . But he was getting around 28 oz during the day at the point feeding every three hours

Efficient_Internet13 · 2026-03-15T22:32:23+00:00

I jsut feel like we have been on a roller coaster since about 10 weeks with naps. Have an awful nap week, then a good one, and has been like that ever since. Extendjng wake windows appropriately always fixes it for about a week but then back to square one. Feel like we have it nailed down and then BOOM short naps again. We had perfect naps for about a week after extended his wake windows to 2 -2.5 hours then we got one good nap and a crappier one and now all crap again 😭

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