https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 17:58:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1131110 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 06:51:56 +0000 JoJoGirl 1131110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: Congrats ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1129858 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 17:58:57 +0000 maybebaby 1129858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: He did! I am responding more about it in our May board. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1129492 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 15:20:16 +0000 Smurfette 1129492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: Fingers crossed for tonight. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1129490 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 15:18:23 +0000 Elderberrygin 1129490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think there's multiple schools of thought (of course, why is sleep so confusing?) and it depends on your baby and why they were waking at night. </p> <p>We didn't do CIO for night wakings and she dropped them on her own pretty quickly once she learnt to fall asleep on her own, but she'd been waking because her paci was falling out and it just took popping it back in (every hour and a half, don't miss that at all!) and she'd fall asleep again. As soon as she learnt to fall asleep without a swaddle and put a wubbanub back in herself she stopped calling for us. She occasionally wakes for a 3am feed now but mostly sleeps until 5.30am/6am. </p> <p>She still wakes up when she's teething or working on a milestone and we don't CIO in those situations because she goes back to sleeping pretty well as soon as she's through it. </p> <p>Hope you get some better sleep tonight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1129357 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:36:22 +0000 JoJoGirl 1129357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Right?? And good thing we're halfway to swaddle-weaning! Going to try both arms out this weekend.. one arm out has been going well :) (save for last night) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1129334 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:30:06 +0000 blackbird 1129334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha! Go, baby, go! Rolling machine :) That would DEFINITELY explain it!!!!!!!!!!! :heart: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128899 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:50:36 +0000 JoJoGirl 1128899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Welp.. update... daycare just texted me she rolled back to front!!! Hopefully that explains last night.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128320 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:23:53 +0000 .twist. 1128320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: thanks!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128311 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:22:18 +0000 blackbird 1128311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist, hang in there!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128303 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:20:39 +0000 .twist. 1128303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: that is exciting news!! :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128295 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:17:53 +0000 JoJoGirl 1128295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: 4th trimester! Once you're out of it, the world changes. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128275 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:12:53 +0000 .twist. 1128275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: I sure hope that's true for us as well! I'm going nutso. We've tried everything!! (Except CIO, obviously, lol) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128265 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:10:59 +0000 JoJoGirl 1128265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: OOH! yes, too young for sleep training but thats the magical time when sleep usually gets better on its own! 13 weeks was a huge turning point in our house :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128258 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:08:50 +0000 .twist. 1128258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: he's 12 weeks. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128252 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 10:06:14 +0000 JoJoGirl 1128252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Awesome about last night!</p> <p>@.twist.: How old is she?</p> <p>@maybebaby: Mmmmmmmm, smoothie :) How are you guys? Did J STTN again? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128194 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:46:35 +0000 maybebaby 1128194@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no clue about any of this stuff--we do one thing that I am sure will cause a bad night and he sleeps like a champ, then anther night I am sure it will be a good one and he is up constantly. So, I am just sending hugs, coffee and a smoothie from Life Alive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128148 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:34:03 +0000 .twist. 1128148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for making this thread. I have been wondering the same things. Although, I think DS is still a little young for this, unfortunately... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128145 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:32:44 +0000 blackbird 1128145@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jojogirl. um, she did last night. It's hard to say. She's STTN 6 times the past month. I'll let you know in a week if it sticks. </p> <p>The first night, she woke up like three or four times. DH fed her around 3am. That's usually her norm. Second night, she woke for a 3am feed again. Last night, nothing. *shrug*. I did feed her at 6am. She only gets 2 oz....I'm getting close to diluting her bottles like Troublesome Tots recommended. </p> <p>I don't know if it will always fix her food wakings but the other, erroneous wake ups seem to be gone. We'll see after tonight/this weekend :). You know i'll keep you in the loop </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128114 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 09:23:22 +0000 JoJoGirl 1128114@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: After she CIOd for non-food wakings, did she stop waking to eat too? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1128012 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:54:39 +0000 blackbird 1128012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We totally did CIO for wake ups (provided they weren't for food). LO had to learn that she COULD sleep on her tummy and how put herself to sleep on her stomach, too. Kind of a double whammy. It's worked beautifully for us so far. And I found that going in to soothe or help her was....not helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1127988 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:46:42 +0000 JoJoGirl 1127988@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gracecat: Ok thanks :) I guess we'll try it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1127967 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:42:24 +0000 gracecat 1127967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did CIO all night from bedtime until 3 am or so which was the last time she would wake up before her 7 am wakeup fir the day. we did a dream feed around midnight to make sure she had enough milk overnight. We also tried to make sure she had a full feed just before bed too. Didn't want her waking for food if we could help it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1127660 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 07:07:23 +0000 JoJoGirl 1127660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: She's been pretty consistent at only waking up 1-2x/night to eat since she was around 12 weeks old... nights like last night are very unusual. Now that she's almost 5 months I feel okay with letting her CIO the wakings I know she isn't hungry. Night weaning off feedings is a different story :) Nugget is only 10% for weight so I assume we can't do that for a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1127658 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 07:04:24 +0000 Rubies 1127658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we sleep-trained, I let DD work it out/CIO on her own EXCEPT for the around-midnight wakeup and the 4am wakeup - both times I went and fed her. Within a few days, she only woke/cried at those times (so, twice a night from 3.5 months through until 8 months) and those were the times I went to get her. When I sleep-trained, my goal wasn't to get her to sleep 12+ hours in a row...I just needed her to learn how to put herself to sleep and to get longer stretches of sleep at a time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1127654 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 07:01:09 +0000 JoJoGirl 1127654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Okay good to know. I feel comfortable doing it if she gets up super early like 11:30pm when I KNOW she's not hungry. 2 is my 'magical' time too when I'm not so sure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1127651 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 06:58:34 +0000 Smurfette 1127651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We let her CIO during the night. I gave told myself I wasn't going to feed till after 2 and I didn't. Then after nursing, put her in the crib and she CIO'd till she went back to sleep. She was sleep trained within a couple days.<br /> We recently had to resleep train cause she got use to waking up and us getting her due to teething. Her pedi said that she didn't need to eat overnight, especially since she was sleeping through the night. So we had rough 3 nights, we let her CIO during all wake ups. She is now sleeping all night, and is a much happier baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/help-me-understand-the-sleep-training-rules#post-1127639 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 06:52:46 +0000 JoJoGirl 1127639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In all of my research, sleep consultations, etc, I understand baby sleep is "easiest" at the beginning of the night, and "hardest" the last third of the night (4am-7am). </p> <p>What I think I've read is things like CIO are best for bedtime to teach baby to fall asleep on their own, but should NOT be used at all for say a 4:30am waking, since babies need a ton of help falling back asleep at that time of day.</p> <p>So here's my question: what about other non-feeding wakings? LO decided to grace me with her presence last night at 11:30, 1:30, 3, 4:30 and then was up for the day. She only ate at 3 and at 5.</p> <p>We've been "sleep training" for bedtime for over a week in the sense that I just put her down totally awake and let her work it out - she's been falling asleep with some fussing, a little crying, finds her thumb, and has never taken more than 20 mins to be out cold.</p> <p>For say the 11:30 and 1:30am wakings, can we let her CIO (or whatever)? How does this work?</p> <p>Please send coffee. </p>