https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 04 May 2026 13:30:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-sleep-train#post-210124 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:32:36 +0000 brownie 210124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I second babywise mom. She is amazing. Baby Whisperer book also has a lot of different ways to put them to sleep with minimal unattended crying. I have also started reading the no-cry sleep solution and I love it.</p> <p>I also have to say that if it doesn't work and you don't want to do it, it is okay not to. I always wanted to sleep train. But it hasn't worked out for us for various reasons. But I still see him changing. Just last night I watched him on the video monitor try to go back to sleep on his own. So he is working on it. It was also nice this weekend to just put him in bed with us while we were on vacation. This doesn't make me (or him) a failure. Sleep is our major issue and one that I just can't do. So we found another way that works for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-sleep-train#post-210094 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:13:50 +0000 loveisstrange 210094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This blog has a LOT of good information on CIO and sleep-training. I'd dig through it a bit. <a href="http://www.babywisemom.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.babywisemom.com/</a></p> <p>I started sleep-training at 9 weeks old. Yes, I know that's not a popular thing to do but I feel like doing it in a controlled manner is not harmful. I never let C get frantic or cry hysterically. If there was something wrong or she got herself really worked up, I would pick her up to give her a cuddle. I can tell when she is truly upset and when she is crying just to fuss. I would go in at 3 minutes and every 5 after that to pat her belly and shh her, just so she knows that she is not being abandoned. I was lucky enough that C is a very good sleeper and I never needed to go in more than twice. She's 3 months and sleeps 6pm-5am straight through and then usually eats and goes back down until 7-8. She doesn't even cry at bedtime anymore and we put her down awake. Naps are a different beast altogether... we still haven't conquered that one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-sleep-train#post-210091 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:09:44 +0000 pelikila 210091@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Of course you can still fix it! We all give in to our emotions sometimes (I would imagine particularly our fears as mothers) but that doesn't mean we failed. Just try to start again. If you think you might cave, ask your husband to do it instead of you. I had to be completely removed from sleep training I would have caved every single time so my husband had to do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-sleep-train#post-210037 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:32:47 +0000 mooncici 210037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started to sleep train LO (he's 4 mos old) on Sunday night. </p> <p>The first night, he cried about 33 min before finally asleep and did not wake up until I actually woke him around 4:30 AM to feed &amp; change him, then he went back to sleep in his crib without crying or fighting. He slept from 8:30 PM until 4:30 AM, woke up for 10 min and then sleep again until 7:30 AM. Total sleep 10 hours and total crying 33 min. We really thought "Oh this is easy peasy, he's good!" Yeah right!</p> <p>Last night (night #2), he cried only 9 min before he fell asleep on his own, slept for 3.5 hours before waking up at 11:30 PM and cried for 1 hour non-stop. The BIGGEST MISTAKE I did was I touched (helped) him a few times because he rolled his body &amp; he had a hard time rolling himself back and he bang his head and his legs couple times...I was crying like nuts. I couldn't help it at that moment. I was sooo scared that he would plant his face on the mattress and couldn't breathe. I finally picked him up and gave him a bottle and put him to sleep right next to us. I feel like a BIG FAILURE. I failed him! :( I am sorta lost now, I knew I made the situation even worse and not sure what to do next...</p> <p>Anyone has similar situation? Can I still fix it? </p>