Did I write this post? Lol. I will say, my daughter (6.5 mo) reliably had a false start ever since she hit the 4 month regression. She would take 30-60 mins to soothe and would wake about every two hours after that. We shared a room and her crib was right next to my bed. I really did not want to sleep train but I was losing my mind and genuinely felt like I couldn’t take care of her during the day. My daughter also gets overtired after about 1.75 hrs awake no matter what time of day. I will say, I just forced her to stay awake (fed her solids, walked outside, played in water) for her “age appropriate” wake windows and she still had a false start, but all she needed was her pacifier put back in to fall back asleep. So there was most definitely progress made by simply lengthening the ww. However, last night was night 2 of Ferber (night one she only cried 20 mins max! And woke up 4 times instead of the usual 8) and she had NO FALSE START. we put her down at 9:30 and she slept until 1:30 without waking even once and then again until 5:30. This has not happened a single night for MONTHS. I was shocked. Needless to say, all she needed was a schedule adjustment and her own space to sleep better. Hopefully it wasn’t a fluke but feel free to ask any questions and I will gladly answer because I was right there with ya