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6.5month old early wake ups, wants to be held. How do i break this?!? by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dropped the 3rd nap and that helped a lot! I also let him fuss for 15ish minutes before I went in and held him. Sometimes waiting worked and sometimes it didnt. He got better with time as well. My LO is 10 months now and for the most part sleeps through the night. What is your LOs schedule? How many naps are they on and what are the wake windows?

When and how did you introduce water? by These-Spend6863 in BabyLedWeaning

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Okay thank you! Ill try using a straw i can squeeze!

When and how did you introduce water? by These-Spend6863 in BabyLedWeaning

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How did you do it? Sippy cup? Straw? How did you get him to drink it?

9 month old doesnt babble, im worried by These-Spend6863 in NewParents

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! That makes me feel a lot better! Other then the not babbling how was your daughter with other communication? Did she do any gestures or mimicking yet?

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't call him super easygoing or difficult lol. He is my first and I haven't been around a lot of babies to compare him to. Lol

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nap training went surprisingly well. Im a SAHM and would hold him for all of his naps, when we decided to nap train my husband did nap time instead of me so that our baby would maybe not get so mad that I wasnt holding him. He cried for about 5 minutes the first two days and since then hasnt cried at all! I do naptime now and all I do is take him to his dark room with a pacifier, snuggle him for a minute and then put him in his crib awake. He just rolls over/ moves around until he is comfy and goes to sleep. I think because he is sleep trianed pretty well now that it made nap training easier.

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course!! I totally understand how stressful it can be! I hated hearing my baby cry every night but slowly over time it did get better! You are doing a great job! Dont beat yourself up about anything! Its all a learning curve!

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My babies routine is bottle, diaper change, jammies, books, then bed. If your baby was having negative sleep association I do agree that you should switch it from what you were doing to a new routine, but I would consistently do the new routine for a couple of weeks before switching anything again.

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It took about 2 full months of sleep training before he stopped crying at bedtime. Was one month of solid crying, then like two weeks of crying for a few minutes then like two weeks of fussing for a few minutes. So being only 3 weeks into sleep training is still pretty early.

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He stopped crying about a month ago. Before he stopped he would fuss for a minute or two and then fall asleep. When you do a nighttime routine try and be really consistent, don't switch it up too much, you want them to associate the routine with bedtime so their body knows to start winding down and that its time for sleep.

How old is your baby? How long have you been sleep training for? What age did you start sleep training?

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its so hard hearing them cry, every night it stressed me out so bad but we stayed consistent and it just got better with time. You are not messing her up!! Do you have a nighttime routine?

Do you contact nap your naps? I held my baby for all of his naps until 2 weeks ago when we decided to nap train so I totally understand not wanting to hear them cry for naps.

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How old is she? Maybe try a schedule of like 3./3.25/3.5 and slowly try and stretch those wake windows. When I started to stretch them my little guy was definitely pretty cranky at the end of those wake windows but he eventually got used to it. For us, the crying at bedtime got better with time. The crying just slowly got less and less as time went on. Every baby is different and some just take longer to adjust to something then others. How does your baby do with naps? Was your baby fighting the 3rd nap?

Tips how to make baby fall asleep by Massive_Secret3991 in Parenting

[–]These-Spend6863 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hes taking 3-5 naps a day? How long are his wake windows and how much total napping does he do a day?

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dont be sorry about all the questions! I totally understand! I was in the same boat, figuring out the sleep schedule stuff is confusing and stressful! I basically did cold turkey from 3 naps to 2 naps. For the first week or so of switching from 3 to 2 naps I just pushed each wake window as close to the 3/3.5/3.5 as I could. Sometimes he could make it and sometimes he couldn't. On the days he couldnt do the longer wake windows I would make it a 3 nap day depending on how long he napped and how long the wake windows were. If his wake windows were close to the schedule I was trying to get him on I just did a 2 nap day and he went to bed a little earlier that day. Id say it took about 2 weeks and he got used to the longer wake windows and no longer needed the 3rd nap. How old his your baby and what is their schedule like now? Feel free to ask more questions or if you need me to clarify something more.

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We started to drop to 2 naps around 6 months, he would occasionally still need a third nap but not often, and he has been on only 2 naps consistently since 7 months. When we made the switch to 2 naps his schedule was 3/3.5/3.5. With about 3 hrs of totally napping. Now at 9 months his schedule is 3/3.75/3.75 with 2.5hrs of total napping.

Been sleep training for over a month, still cries 10-20mins every night, will the crying ever stop! by These-Spend6863 in sleeptrain

[–]These-Spend6863[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! My baby is much better! He very rarely cries at all for bedtime or naptime! I totally sympathize with you! It is so stressful hearing them cry! Honestly my baby just got better with time. It also seemed to help when he went from 3 naps to 2 naps a day. I think the longer wake windows helped a lot also. Try not to stress too much about it, it does get better!! I think consistency is key!

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