https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 18 May 2026 02:20:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377862 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:15:35 +0000 autumnlove 2377862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but LO 1 &amp; 2 STTN very early. I will ask her opinion about it for LO 3 at her next appointment. It might be something we might want to try when she is older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377758 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 06:02:32 +0000 Peasinapod 2377758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I actually brought sleep up and said she only liked to sleep when held. My Dr said that was pretty typical for babies and to give her lots of love. I'm guessing he is not pro sleep training 😜. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377733 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 02:16:25 +0000 lamariniere 2377733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I asked about it with DS and she was extremely hesitant to give any recommendations either way. Our current ped has never brought it up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377708 Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:23:00 +0000 birdofafeather 2377708@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nope. a ped in our old practice was very sleep training/CIO intrusive and i know i would have had words with him if we ever saw him, but we didn't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377557 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:36:38 +0000 mrsjyw 2377557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's never suggested it to us, but we also had good sleepers and there wasn't a chance for the convo. He's very much a "leave it up to parents" unless asked for advice for the most part though, which I appreciate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377547 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:28:42 +0000 Ms maths 2377547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We actually asked for advice on what to do about sleep with our first, and our ped said he doesn't give advice on sleeping and referred us to the AAP publication on sleep. (They do always ask about sleep as part of the general battery of questions at the beginning of the visit; but I think it's just helpful for them to have a complete history.)</p> <p>I'm occasionally frustrated that our ped doesn't have answers for all of our questions, but ultimately I like that he works hard to stick to what there is good medical evidence to support. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377502 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 21:00:36 +0000 JerricaBenton 2377502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, but we never asked for advice on sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377441 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 20:04:34 +0000 honeybear 2377441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, we didn't ask about sleep and none of the pediatricians we've ever seen have offered any advice. We did no training. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377419 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 19:46:43 +0000 MoonMoon 2377419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sure she would have been in favor of it, since her position is that "sometimes babies need to cry" - but we definitely went with our guts on the issue and never consulted her for sleep advice and she didn't offer it. We never sleep trained. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377416 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 19:41:45 +0000 Finfan 2377416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our first LO was already sleep trained/STTN when we moved here and started seeing our current pediatrician. His office gives all families with babies a handbook with common medical questions and sleep training recommendations are made. He recommends trying between 3-6 months. LO2 is only 1 month but we plan to sleep train in that time frame.</p> <p>Edited to add: I haven't discussed this subject with the doctor but the office in general has a "your kids, your decisions" attitude so I doubt that there would be a problem with families that chose not to sleep train. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377284 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:58:07 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2377284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He's never brought it up. My girls slept well early on so we may have just headed off that conversation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377267 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:42:23 +0000 Zbug 2377267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. Thanks god. He said she will sleep when she's ready. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377254 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:37:16 +0000 BabyTsMom 2377254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not at all. I actually brought it up and she wanted me to wait until LO was 6 months, but I didn't take that advice because I was having some serious PPA about it. No regrets about training a bit earlier than that! Since then, she will simply as if he's sleeping well, and I say yes, and that's that. She doesn't seem like she'd push for training though. She told me stories about her own children who would only cat nap for the first year, so clearly she didn't train either! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377231 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:21:12 +0000 FaithFertility 2377231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@whenoceansrise: See that is when I would take their advice! Glad M is STTN again!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377230 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:20:24 +0000 FaithFertility 2377230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: yep same with my pedi, he says babies are babies </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377223 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 16:10:41 +0000 catomd00 2377223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. I don't know what her philosophy on sleep is but I never really entertained a discussion around it. She would ask how her sleep was and is tell her she still wakes up x times to nurse and that was it. I don't believe Pediatricians are the right people to be prescribing sleep or general parenting advice anyways, unless solicited. I have heard of peds telling people to close the door and let their baby CIO. I would switch peds immediately if mine ever said something like that: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377171 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 15:43:11 +0000 lemondrop 2377171@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, and we ignored the advice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377151 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 15:33:26 +0000 daniellemybelle 2377151@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: Oh, yeah, they would always ask that too. We tried drowsy &amp; awake and it didn't work, so it was either full-on CIO or rock her to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2377145 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 15:30:46 +0000 daniellemybelle 2377145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We asked our pediatrician for sleep advice because she was not a good sleeper. He suggested "fuss it out" but said to not let her cry for extended periods until she was older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376860 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:20:55 +0000 QBbride 2376860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO's see a general practice doctor (not a pediatrician) but nobody has ever mentioned sleep training to me. As far as I know, the pediatricians I work with don't even talk about sleep training. I agree with someone above, that peds should focus on the medical side of things. Sleep is such a personal issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376848 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:16:29 +0000 edelweiss 2376848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no, i think because she defers to parents on that and i had already made decisions regarding sleep training. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376825 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:58:51 +0000 whenoceansrise 2376825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes, only because i mentioned how horrible sleep was and that i was going crazy. we did do it, and i'm so happy that we did. it was hard at first, but he's now sttn every single night and i feel like a new person. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376817 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:53:01 +0000 twodoghouse 2376817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of. At 15 month appt our ped asked if we had areas of concern, and I mentioned their rough sleep (at the time they were waking 2-3 times EACH at night). She said they were growing great and could learn to go the night without eating (nursing) overnight. She told us about CIO with her daughter and said she didn't do any irreparable damage to her. :wink: We didn't go into any other details about it and she presented it as "you can get up with them overnight forever if you want, but if that becomes unbearable, this is an option." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376796 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:37:28 +0000 Mamasig 2376796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: same. </p> <p>At well visits, they ask where they sleep and if they can put themselves to sleep. But when I say with me or nope, they need me to fall asleep, they don't say anything. The doctor did mention that habits are generally harder to break as they get older. That's why I really like my doc - she leaves parenting to me and she handles the medical aspect of things. I totally trust her opinion on medical issues with my kids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376781 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:27:29 +0000 Tanjowen 2376781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No. Our pediatrician is very much a, "you do what works for you" type of doctor and doesn't offer much advice unless asked. All he asks is how many hours of sleep LO is getting at night and nap times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376760 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:17:22 +0000 KT326 2376760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mine offered tips at his 6 month appointment. But once he got down to just waking once a night she was ok with it as long as I was ok with it and he was getting enough sleep overall. I love our pediatrician because she has a child just a couple years older than mine so she knows exactly what we are dealing with. I love getting advice from her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376705 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:45:11 +0000 mrsrain 2376705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours checks in about sleep and offers suggestions if we ask, but we sleep-trained on our own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376703 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:44:11 +0000 yin 2376703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our original pediatrician did not push it but our current pediatrician insisted for LO2. I was okay with it because I planned on sleep training. I just needed the push to start the process. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376698 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:42:28 +0000 Alba4 2376698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think our pediatrician mentioned it, but we were pro-sleep training and told her that early on. It worked for us and our DS sleeps very well in general. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-doctor-suggest-sleep-training#post-2376697 Thu, 03 Dec 2015 11:42:04 +0000 gingerbebe 2376697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our doctor just asked if we were putting our baby down drowsy, but awake. We said yes because we were, and that was the end of the conversation. </p>