https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 02:58:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-545054 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:09:13 +0000 lovehoneybee 545054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Orvis18: I hated doing it, but he's sleeping in good stretches in his own crib, neither of which he was doing before, so I definitely think we made the right decision in doing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-545034 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:02:49 +0000 bushelandapeck 545034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: wow!! He's doing great! I hope we are on the way to those kinds of nights soon :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-545015 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:58:29 +0000 lovehoneybee 545015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Night 5: Cried lightly for 3 minutes, slept from 10p-3a, DH brought him in for me to nurse, cried for 1 minute, slept 3:15-9:30. Only cried about a minute before each nap except for the first...I was laid up in bed and DH took the day off to mind E...and didn't put him down for a nap when he needed to go down so he was awake for like 4 hours and way overtired. Cried for a total of half an hour. </p> <p>Night 6: No crying, whined for about a minute when I first clicked out off the lamp. Slept 9:30-7a, nursed him in bed then back into his crib from 7:30-9. He's gone down really easily for naps today...maybe a minute of whining before falling asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-544955 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:36:30 +0000 bushelandapeck 544955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How's everyone doing? Charlie has a nasty cough/cold, so last night was a bit of a bust (nursed 3 times). Before that, we were getting one 6-7 hour stretch and only nursing once which felt like heaven. I don't have the heart to let him cry when he's sick, but I hope that doesn't come back to bite me in a few days... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-534086 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:51:04 +0000 lovehoneybee 534086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jackieomy: I always put E down on his back, but he almost immediately flips onto his stomach. He's strong enough that I don't worry about it anymore...and even if I did, I can't keep him on his stomach anymore, even if I try to flip him back onto his back after he's asleep her immediately flips back over. I do check on him on the monitor to make sure his nose and mouth are clear (they always are), and remind myself that he's strong and can flip himself back over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-534065 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:45:29 +0000 jackieomy 534065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, we planned for Night One (using Sleep Sense) to be Wednesday, but LO decided to start by himself! I did our bedtime routine, working to keep him awake during his last feed, and he slept from 8:40 until 4! We decided that the 4 a.m. feed is still ok for the next few days, so I got him after 10 minutes. </p> <p>He did wake up for about 10 minutes around 11 p.m., but put himself back down (and wasn't crying hard -- just the whiny "come get me" cry.</p> <p>A new thing -- he's rolled over in his sleep and is sleeping on his tummy. It makes me a little nervous, but since he can roll back over, I'm letting him stay that way. He always starts on his back, but I think he's more comfy on his tummy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-534038 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:37:23 +0000 Bao 534038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are doing so well with sleep training. LO is still going to bed at 6:30 (normally 7:00pm) and she has had to CIO when waking up a few hours later, but it is getting less and less every time. It was 30-35 minutes night one, and now on night 3, ten minutes is the longest she has cried. She only woke up 2 times to eat as opposed to 3-5 times with an additional 2-3 times for a paci. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-534002 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:29:19 +0000 lovehoneybee 534002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Night 4: Went down almost right away with minimal fuss--lightly cried for 2 minutes than chewed on a teething toy for about 5 before falling asleep. Slept for 8 hours, woke up at 5:30, I brought him to bed and nursed him. He stayed in bed with us for about two hours (lightly dozing part of the time but spending a lot of time exploring my face). At 7:30 he started getting squirmy but was yawning so I put him back in his crib...he rolled around a few times but went to sleep with no crying, and slept for another 2.5 hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-532177 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:19:19 +0000 bushelandapeck 532177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: wow 10 hours straight!! That's amazing :) I hope he keeps it up tonight! I've read that night 5 of sleep training is usually a regression but I'm hoping out LO's skip right over that. I could use a good nights sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-531272 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:47:03 +0000 lovehoneybee 531272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>After having a rough night on Friday night I decided it was too dark in the nursery and we got a night-light. Saturday night he was asleep with less than 10 minutes of light crying. He woke up 3 hours later, I went in and fed him and was able to put him right back to sleep. I woke up 7 hours later to him screaming bloody murder. As it turns out, there was a problem with my video monitor...the IP changed and I lost the connection. Or something. It's fixed now, but I discovered I couldn't hear him from our bedroom without the monitor unless he was screaming...I'm really hoping he hadn't been awake crying for too long before it woke me up :(</p> <p>DS napped great yesterday. Once he cried for 5 minutes (and not a real cry, but more of what I call his "token cry"...like not really upset, just a cry to see if we'll come in). Twice he cried for less than 5 (both times started as an angry cry but quickly went into the token cry, and the last time he cried for 2 minutes than rolled around his crib for several minutes before falling asleep. On his own. Without crying. </p> <p>So by bedtime last night I was feeling cocky...and it was like Friday night all over again. Altogether he cried for 25 minutes, with me going in once at 15 to comfort him. I feel like from some of the stories I've read on here 25 minutes total really isn't bad at all, but I was seriously sitting here watching him on the monitor clutching DH's hand near-tears myself the whole time. </p> <p>BUT he didn't wake up at all last night! Slept for almost 10 hours! And woke up this morning starving...I wasn't quite ready to get out of bed for good so I brought him into bed to nurse him, and he napped with us for another two hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-530816 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:49:05 +0000 bushelandapeck 530816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jackieomy: We are also doing a modified version of sleep sense after reading about it on HB :) </p> <p>LO Is 5.5 months old and we have been easing into sleep training over the past few weeks, starting with a pricey sleep consultation 2.5 weeks ago. We started by removing sleep props (nursing, pacifier, rocking) and putting him down sleepy but awake. I'm now able to put him down wide awake for naps and bedtime and he falls asleep on his own, usually within 10 mins with little crying. </p> <p>We moved him to his own room 1 week ago and that really helped. He was waking up 2-5x's/night, now it's just two. The past two nights, I didn't go in for his first wake up at 10pm and he was able to fall back asleep on his own. The first night took 20 mins, last night only 6. I'm hopeful that he will start sleeping through the first wake up and give us (and him) and solid 6.5-7 hr stretch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-530807 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:34:42 +0000 jackieomy 530807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're starting, and after reading about it on Hellobee, we decided to try Sleep Sense. LO is 7 months old, and he is a bit addicted to the night feed. </p> <p>We're easing off the sleep prop (boob and bottle) for the next few nights and then starting Night 1 on Wednesday. I teach part time, and after Wednesdays, I don't have to be coherent until Monday -- so it gives me permission to be zombiefied without affecting my teaching. </p> <p>We thought about starting sooner, but after I almost dumped formula into the french press while making coffee this morning, we decided the plan to wait until Wednesday stands! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-529699 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:50:02 +0000 bunnylove08 529699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started to read sleep easy solution. I'm trying to get dd to sleep through the night. I can't do CIO because it breaks my heart </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-529595 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:39:13 +0000 lovehoneybee 529595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last night (first night in his crib) was hard. He screamed for 15 minutes, then I went in and held/rocked him for a bit. Put him back down and he screamed hysterically for another 15 minutes. By this time I was ready to vomit, so I went in and nursed him (but not to sleep). Put him back down and he screamed for another 15 before falling asleep. He slept for 6 hours, though, which is huge for him!</p> <p>He napped fine in there during the day yesterday and today...still crying before every nap but for a max of 5 minutes. I decided it was too dark in the room and bought a night-light. Tonight he cried hard for 4 minutes, half-hearted for another 3, and then laid quietly in the crib sucking his thumb for another 5 before he fell asleep. Tonight was most definitely more successful, and I feel good about deciding (well, as good as I can...)</p> <p>I'm also really glad I decoupled nursing from sleep...that was a big problem for us...it was the only way he'd fall asleep for months. Hope everyone else is having success! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-529578 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:18:43 +0000 Bao 529578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just started our official first night of sleep training. Put LO down at 7:00pm and she woke up at 9:42pm and cried until 10:14pm. She is stubborn! I admit it is VERY hard to hear her cry but I'm hoping it is worth it in the end. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-527771 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:13:30 +0000 2PeasinaPod 527771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started sleep training out of frustration. LO would only fall asleep if you were rocking him, and it had escalated to an hour or more of rocking. One night, it was taking over an hour, and he was being extremely fussy, so I put him down in his crib out of frustration. He cried for about 20 minutes (with me sitting in the rocker in the nursery) and finally went down. Later that night, he woke up at 3:30am and cried until 4:30am before putting himself back to sleep. It was pure torture. </p> <p>That was about 2 weeks ago. Now, he'll cry for about 15 minutes before going to sleep, and it's not a real cry. It's like @banana:'s LO's sleepy cry. Like he knows he wants to go to sleep, but is getting there slowly. Naps are starting to get a little better, but he has to be pretty tired to go down for us on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-527770 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:12:53 +0000 Minnie_Girl 527770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, DD has been sleep training us from day 1! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-527709 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:48:50 +0000 lovehoneybee 527709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last night (well, early this morning) was pretty rough. It took two tries to put him down for the night--I went and picked him up at 12 minutes the first time because he was screaming hysterically to the point of choking--the second time I tried he did eventually fall asleep, but at the 15 minute mark. Then he woke up 1.5 hours later (usually he makes it 4-5 hours before waking up), and it took two tries to get him back down. </p> <p>He slept a good spell after that, but woke up at 4:45, 5:30, 6:13, 7:30, 8, 8:30. Usually at night if he's having trouble going back down he'll sleep with us, but even that wasn't working, he just kept waking up crying. At 8:45 DH got up and walked around with him a bit, and at 9 I gave up trying to sleep and got up with him. Keep in mind we're night owls. Last night I wasn't able to fall asleep until almost 4, and DS was up at 4:45. I was running on fumes. At 10:30 I put him back down for a nap (he cried for 9 minutes) and went back to sleep. </p> <p>On the bright side, when I put him down for his second nap today it was in his own crib in his own room instead of the PnP in our room because we discovered there's a leak in our ceiling right close to the PnP. I was going to put off transitioning him to his own crib until after we got back from our long NH weekend in early Feb, but it seems I don't really have a choice now, the PnP is in the only spot in the bedroom that it will fit. </p> <p>I'm bracing myself for having to start from scratch again now and then when we get back. And I'm a little sad he's in his crib :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-526521 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:22:28 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 526521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo wakes every hour. 11-13 times a night.</p> <p>Im so tired but nothing is working.</p> <p>I am trying ferber tonight. 40 minutes of screaming bloody murder so far. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-526417 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 23:34:08 +0000 MusicaV 526417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started sleep training at the end of December, when DS was 3.5 month old. He is doing very well at putting himself back to sleep in the middle of the night. He sometimes cries when we put him down for the night, but it doesn't last long.</p> <p>My struggle right now is getting him down at the same time each night. If try to get him down around 8:30-9:00, but sometimes we'll go somewhere in the evening and he doesn't get to bed until 10:00. </p> <p>Happy tears: DS woke up twice last night instead of once (boo!). It took him more than 45 minutes to fall asleep the second time, but he was quiet the whole time. So proud! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524774 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:53:00 +0000 Amelieisme 524774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are hit or miss (almost 6 months old FYI) Putting him to bed has been sooo much easier. Last night he laid down awake and didn't make a peep! But he is still waking 2x/night and last night he wouldn't give up until fed both times. Also, naps are short and infrequent, but he goes to daycare so not sure I can change it. When alone with us on the weekends, he is a MUCH better napper, there is just too much going on at daycare for him to sleep :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524770 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:49:29 +0000 littlek 524770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just finished sleep training. @BelugaBean and I were both sleep training at the same time. :) It was great having support. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524767 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:48:00 +0000 lovehoneybee 524767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>*Raises hand*</p> <p>DS is 5.5 months and we've been doing sleep-training (something between CIO and extinction) for over a week now. He now naps in his PnP, going down almost exactly 2 hours after he wakes up from the previous one, and usually for 1-2 hours. </p> <p>He usually cries for about 10 minutes before he falls asleep at night (and usually around 5 before a nap). He sleeps from 10p-8/9a and wakes up 1-2 times during the night to nurse. </p> <p>We weren't planning on sleep training, but he would only fall asleep nursing in my arms and sleep *maybe* 20 minutes, and he had to be nursed to sleep. I still bring him into bed after his first wake-up to nurse, and sometimes he stays there, although the past few nights he's squirmed and fussed until I put him back in the PnP, and then he goes right to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524758 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:42:49 +0000 luckypenny 524758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! It's going really well!! DD only cries now for 5 mins then puts herself to sleep. She is waking up once or twice but within 2 minutes or without real crying puts herself back to sleep. We started Friday !! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524685 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:03:55 +0000 banana 524685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if this is considered sleep training or not. But we've been letting DD fuss it out right after we put her down at night. She'll rub her eyes and chew on her lovey for a while (maybe 15 mins) and then she'll start making these fussy noises that sound like "Waaaah!! (pause) "Waaawaaaawaaa!" (pause) "Waaaaa" (pause). It's hard to describe with words. It's not a full on cry because there are no tears and she pauses in between her wails. We let her do this for maybe 15 mins and then she passes out on her own. I call it her "sleepy cry" because she only makes this sound when she's really tired/sleepy. Is this what CIO is? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524678 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:00:30 +0000 BelugaBean 524678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here's the link to my thread that shows my progress. I was so upset with having to let her cry too but we saw real progress pretty much every night! </p> <p><a href="http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cio-questions" rel="nofollow">http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cio-questions</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524643 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:41:52 +0000 mrs. wagon 524643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: oh no :( I hear you on the crying while rocking baby back to sleep. It just defeats me!! Sometimes they are just not ready yet... hang in there... :(</p> <p>@Bao: 8 times a night is crazy :( not only for you, but she must be suffering too, not ever going into deep sleep and getting really restorative rest. Still to this day it's the most painful thing hearing my kids cry and not going to them, but for us it's been the best thing. It's just the way they are. My mom once went to Wagon Jr. when he was crying at night and he practically assaulted her, then when she left he went right back to sleep. She now understands why we let him cry sometimes!!</p> <p>@Mrs. Bee: I think LMW has her first stuffy nose (we've never even had to nosefrida her yet, and I've been dying to try it! first world problem that's not really a problem...) so I'm dreading just this... LMW is a mouth breather so I'm hoping she'll be ok :T </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524634 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:38:32 +0000 Springtime 524634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh I should be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524632 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:37:42 +0000 Mrs. Bee 524632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're probably going to have to after olive gets better again. she's been waking up a lot because she's so congested. she usually doesn't get back on track with night sleep on her own. not looking forward to it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-sleep-training-right-now#post-524627 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:36:13 +0000 Bao 524627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going to need to try something because what we have going is not working. I love this thread idea. It is SO hard to listen to LO cry because I feel like I am abandoning her, and that she feels the same way. I really need to sleep train her though because she is sometimes up 8 times a night, and for an almost 5 month old that is crazy. When she was around 10 weeks old she was sleeping 6:45pm-4:00am before she would wake up to nurse, and then sleep until 8:30am so I know she is capable. </p>