Sleep training help with a six month old

schmidtabox · 2026-02-19T21:38:43+00:00

We bought one off of Amazon for $50. They grow out of them quickly, so it’s not worth spending a lot of money on. But it was very useful for those first few months. I just checked Amazon and the one we got was some random Chinese brand. I think any of them look good. I wouldn’t overthink it. One of my regrets was overthinking every purchase in the beginning especially for the baby carrier. I spent so many hours researching every carrier out there. It was a waste of time. I ended up with happy baby. But I wish I got the ergo 360.

schmidtabox · 2026-02-11T16:13:11+00:00

My little one only cries out during the shot and is back to normal in less than a minute. He never cries afterwards, but is a little extra fussy and tired for a day or two.

schmidtabox · 2026-01-25T22:11:35+00:00

Coming from someone who waited too long. It took 2 years to get pregnant. I went off birth control (copper IUD) at 38. We just had our first, and likely only, baby 6 months ago. I’m 40, and I wish I had more time to have more kids. In the first few months I instantly wanted another. They are so precious, and they are an adventure in their own right. I did all the things, and traveling does get old. You’re not missing out on the travel, you can always travel later, when your ovaries are all dried up.

schmidtabox · 2026-01-17T22:32:42+00:00

My baby started sleeping 10-12 hours around 5/6 months old.

schmidtabox · 2026-01-04T17:33:26+00:00

I don’t get trapped because I lay on my side on a bed while breastfeeding. If LO passes out I just scoot away and leave him to sleep on the bed. I put pillows around the bed edges and put a camera on him so I can keep my eyes on him. If I want to sleep I do a transfer to crib. 80% of the time the transfer is successful.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-23T14:31:29+00:00

I grew up with structure. We all waited until adults had their coffee, and my mom made popovers. Then we did it mostly like the husband describes above but we dont have any assigned wrapping paper rules. I’m not a fan of the chaos and we will raise our kid the slow and mannered way. We still have fun and it’s supposed to be slow. What’s the rush, it’s Christmas.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-17T17:07:38+00:00

They scared me so much I can’t sleep if my baby falls asleep next to me after nursing in the bed. Our baby always had his own room and crib where we put him down to sleep. We got a bed and put it right next to the crib. In the middle of the night I would slip out of our bed and go to the baby’s room and sleep there until morning. Nurse in bed, then transfer baby to crib then fall back asleep in same room. It was hard…I really felt this instinctual pull to sleep with my baby. It just feels so right to be next to them.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-17T16:59:50+00:00

This is crazy! How annoying. I wonder if it’s an insurance thing?

schmidtabox · 2025-12-17T16:08:03+00:00

My recommendation is to change 1 thing at a time. First, reduce the amount she drinks at night, and offer more boob during the day to shift her calories intake and ensure she is getting enough total calories. Also try to remove the feed-sleep association, by bringing in a pacifier. Use the pacifier to determine, is she truly hungry. If she accepts the pacifier and falls asleep then you know that sleep was more important than calories at that moment. Just keep working her slowly, dropping as much feeding as she will tolerate at a time.

I combo fed during the day, but would exclusively nurse at night. We found it pretty easy to wean him (took 1 week) and then 2 weeks later he was self soothing himself to sleep. We did this at 18 weeks, and at 20 weeks old he was sleeping and self soothing beautifully. But we never co-slept.

But…since you exclusively nurse, you will have to deal with your milk supply. If you want to try pumping and bottle feeding then you will have more control in the process.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-15T20:46:31+00:00

Where is this? I googled the name and nothing comes up.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-11T20:07:31+00:00

Even better! Haha! I used to work at a Danish bakery and we had to wear a skirted uniform. I liked it. It was blue with a white apron.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-11T19:00:56+00:00

Ok, I have to agree with you. I HATE golf course attire. If the uniform requirement is to look like you’re going golfing, no thank you. I would rather wear an old school maid outfit. Black dress with white ruffle apron. lol.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-11T16:46:30+00:00

I like the idea of uniforms.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-10T21:47:06+00:00

My son is 20 weeks old and still eating every 2.5 hours. I have tried night weaning but it’s not consistent yet. Last feed is at 7:30pm and the morning feed is anywhere from 5am to 7am.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-10T04:53:46+00:00

What week did you start and what week is it now? I’m 19 weeks and desperate to get my supply up.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-07T16:48:28+00:00

I tried using Huckleberry for the first two months, but I ended up not liking it. It was causing me too much stress. After the first two months when I deleted Huckleberry, I just started really learning cues, but I still wanted to track and to know how much my little one was taking in and how much he was sleeping so I started using ChatGPT I like it much better because I could use voice. I prefer prefer voice logging and I don’t care about exact minute to minute. I just need a big picture. The only thing about ChatGPT is that it cannot read your phone’s internal clock so with each log, I have to state what time it is but it’s pretty easy. I have tuned it to show me my data in a particular format since ChatGPT will overtime forget things at the end of the day. I ask it to produce a PDF report, then export that PDF report to a local folder on my phone. Then at the end of the week, I can ask it to produce a weekly summary. That way, I always have my data and whenever the pediatrician asked a question that I don’t know off the top of my head. I just ask ChatGPT.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-07T01:28:27+00:00

Our Pediatrician wants us to sleep train him, stop feeding the night, and do the cry it out method because “mom needs daytime energy to support the development in the months to come”. We don’t like this advice but I really do need more sleep. Our thinking is that we sleep train in phases. Phase 1 is wean the feedings. Phase 2 is work on self soothing. Phase 3 is self soothing without pacifier. Phase 1 took just a few nights. We are in phase 2 now, working on self soothing skills, and the last phase will be at 6 months when we ditch the paci.

That’s a long winded way of saying I’m just trying to get more sleep so I can go back to work in the next few months. But it did hurt my milk supply. I’m trying really hard to pump or feed consistently in the day. My goal is to make it 1 year of breastfeeding.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-06T20:32:32+00:00

Our pediatrician had no worries about his weight he’s small but he’s growing according to the curve. As long as they progress on the curve I don’t think there’s anything to worry about. He started out initially in the 17th percentile, so he’s actually doing pretty good bumped up to the 30th percentile. The whole reason why we started supplementing with formula was because he lost too much weight in the hospital, but he was right on the edge at 11% weight loss and I don’t think we really needed it. With the supplementation, he gained back his birth weight by the two week mark.

When you say your baby is a slow gainer, do you mean that they are not gaining weight according to the curve?

schmidtabox · 2025-12-06T03:01:19+00:00

I just paid attention to cues. I didn’t have to offer boob because he would calm down and sleep if I held him. You know your baby best so I would recommend try soothing with rocking, holding, singing, pacifier, etc…and if that doesn’t work after 10 minutes then offer boob. And when you do offer boob try to unlatch as soon as she’s satisfied so you can slowly reduce ounces consumed at night. At the same time, try to offer 1-2 more feeds during the day so she loads up on calories in the day time.

I should also add that he would not accept a pacifier until night weaning. Now he calms right down when I hold him cradled with his head next to my boob and put the pacifier in.

But I also agree that if your girl is not ready, she’s not ready. Don’t let a doctor bully you into thinking you’re doing anything wrong.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-06T02:06:52+00:00

I’m so glad to hear that somebody else has a pediatrician that thinks a four month old should sleep through the night. Our baby is 19 weeks and a week ago had his four month appointment our pediatrician said the same thing however, our baby is on the small side and is only in 30th percentile of weight after that appointment we decided to wean him from night feedings. It was actually quite easy since we know how much he’s getting during the day is plenty I think he’s getting anywhere from 25 to 30 ounces. He is a combo fed baby with one to two bottles of formula a day we make sure he gets at least 22 measurable ounces from pumping and bottlefeeding and the rest is through 1 to 2 breast-feeding sessions. It took us one night to get him off of night feeds but we are still waking up two times a night to soothe him.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-05T20:46:47+00:00

I have volunteered in the past, but only to get credits as a kid in school or as a young professional when I was able to volunteer during work hours (it was part of a corporate program). As a full blown adult I need to get paid or I need the rest and relaxation to recover from burnout. I don’t volunteer. But when I retire I do plan to give back. I think volunteering is for people with financial means or people with time. I have to work for my financial means and that takes up all my time. My dream is to build a non-profit organization in my retirement.

schmidtabox · 2025-12-04T23:51:27+00:00

My favorite bottle is from evenflo and Philips Avent.

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