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Hellobee Boards Topic: How old was your LO when you did sleep training? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 16 May 2026 21:43:49 +0000 SleepyMonkey on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training/page/2#post-1918346 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:49:20 +0000 SleepyMonkey 1918346@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6.5 months then again at 9 months after a regression. MamaChin on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training/page/2#post-1918302 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 19:24:55 +0000 MamaChin 1918302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HabesBabe: neither kid ever took to swaddling beyond the first month. Mrs. Sunshine on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1918096 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:30:30 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1918096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 7 months Mrs. Polish on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1918039 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:53:32 +0000 Mrs. Polish 1918039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HabesBabe: lo was swaddle weaned by the time we did cio. Little Misters Mom on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917774 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:29:05 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1917774@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HabesBabe: He was still swaddled when we sleep trained initially. He is very soothed by his mobile, so he would cry a bit then stare at it to calm down. By the time we got to nap training, we switched him to the Merlin Suit for night and sleep sack for naps and I think it went faster because he had discovered his hands. blackbird on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917744 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:17:30 +0000 blackbird 1917744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HabesBabe: no we had to stop using it. She was rolling around. We did use the Merlin sleep suit for about a month before loveisstrange on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917731 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:12:30 +0000 loveisstrange 1917731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HabesBabe: We had to quit the swaddle at 6 months due to rolling. Incidentally, we ended up swaddle weaning/sleep training at the same time. HLK208 on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917724 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:09:19 +0000 HLK208 1917724@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HabesBabe: we had to ditch the swaddle by 5 months since she was rolling. I probably wouldn't sleep train with the swaddle though since they need their hands to self-soothe. cascademom on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917721 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:06:47 +0000 cascademom 1917721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @HabesBabe: LO was unswaddled by the time we did CIO. HabesBabe on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917718 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:05:59 +0000 HabesBabe 1917718@https://boards.hellobee.com/ With C, at 11 1/2 months, and then again right before she turned 2. The first time around, we did extinction (with almost 2 hours of crying the first night!) and the 2nd time, we did checks. She stopped after the 3rd check both nights. @Mrs. Polish: @HLK208: @loveisstrange: @cascademom: @edelweiss: @MamaChin: @Little Misters Mom: @blackbird: & other <6 months sleep training mamas... were your kids still swaddled? H is 5 months, and we will be STing at 6months, but homeboy LOVES his swaddle. I don't know how that would work, letting him cry and "self soothe" when his arms are strapped to his sides. coopsmama on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917692 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:55:44 +0000 coopsmama 1917692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @catomd00: I absolutely agree with a lot of what you've said. :) We didn't sleep train our eldest. We co slept with him while he was young and would lay down with him to help him fall asleep and then sneak away and he would stay asleep but M refuses sleep at all unless we are right there the entire time. She is tired for the night at about 7:30 but wants us in there from that point forward. Once we do get in bed with her she will sleep all night with only 1-2 wake ups for nursing which I'm totally fine with. catomd00 on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917612 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:25:26 +0000 catomd00 1917612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @coopsmama: I would have guessed older given the whole sneak out and wake up thing! Have you tried leaving a t-shirt with your scent on it nearby? You could tuck one into the corner of her crib... Everyone has their own opinion, but at 3 months I don't think there's anything wrong with rocking baby to sleep. At that age, we would try to teach her to fall asleep on her own by putting her down drowsy (with white noise - have you tried that?) and letting her attempt to fall asleep on her own. If she started crying I would immediately pick her up and rock her to sleep. Sometime's she would fall asleep on her own, other times she wouldn't. We did this every night and as time wore on she got better and better with it. I think 3 months is much too young personally to expect them to put themselves to sleep every single night or for some babies at all (but take my opinion with a grain of salt because I don't believe in sleep training). They're just waking up out of the 4th trimester and learning it's a big world out there that they're just a small part of. They need mom to make them feel secure! coopsmama on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917467 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:40:32 +0000 coopsmama 1917467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Okay! Thanks for the insight. I'm not looking to night-wean but we need to help this girl learn to fall asleep on her own. She's only 3 months and a week though so it looks like we have some time to wait. Mrs. Cheesecake on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917461 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:38:51 +0000 Mrs. Cheesecake 1917461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He was around 5 months when we did CIO. It took about a week, but now he's a very good sleeper and can put himself to sleep at night. Smurfette on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917452 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:35:58 +0000 Smurfette 1917452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 4 months and again at 6 months. mrs. tictactoe on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917446 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:33:32 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 1917446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 16 months. He first started STTN around 4.5 months, but if he did wake randomly, I'd nurse him. He would wake in the middle of the night a couple times per month, then go back to STTN. Then, when I weaned at around 14 months, we rocked him to sleep. Then, he started waking up as soon as we put him down, so we realized that we needed to teach him to fall asleep on his own at around 16 months. birdofafeather on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917434 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:29:32 +0000 birdofafeather 1917434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 12.5 months to night wean. She STTN after 3 nights. catomd00 on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917401 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:11:39 +0000 catomd00 1917401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @coopsmama: How old is your daughter currently? looch on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917113 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:39:43 +0000 looch 1917113@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 11 months, we had two failed attempts earlier at 6 and 9 months. .twist. on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917112 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:38:50 +0000 .twist. 1917112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We started early at 4 months. Then did a revamp at 6 months. NavyRN2012 on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1917104 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 09:35:21 +0000 NavyRN2012 1917104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6 months. I took a good week, but it was the best decision ever. twodoghouse on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1916917 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:13:37 +0000 twodoghouse 1916917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 5.5 months. It's still a work in progress! Tanjowen on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1916910 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:10:51 +0000 Tanjowen 1916910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Right after the 4 month regression. illumina on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1916901 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:06:47 +0000 illumina 1916901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 3 months, worked like a dream! meredithNYC on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1916896 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 08:02:49 +0000 meredithNYC 1916896@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Around 3 months and she took to it quickly and easily. Not sure whether it was luck or training, but we skipped right over the 4 month regression. lawbee11 on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1916879 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:54:04 +0000 lawbee11 1916879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6 months....and 9 months...and 12 months. Teething and colds made it an ongoing process, but it finally stuck around a year! blackbird on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1916873 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:52:22 +0000 blackbird 1916873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 5 months 3 weeks. Little Misters Mom on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1916861 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:46:59 +0000 Little Misters Mom 1916861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Nights at 11.5 weeks (just to fall asleep on his own, not for feedings). Naps at 17 weeks. Took about a week with both but I'm so glad we did it. We were in the exact same place as you are now with spending hours bouncing him down, gingerly placing him in the crib, only to have him wake up. Now he goes to bed at 6 pm without a fuss, and I can enjoy his awake time without quietly dreading the next nap. Sparkler on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1916849 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:37:53 +0000 Sparkler 1916849@https://boards.hellobee.com/ To fall asleep at night on her own, around 6 months. 11 months to stop all night feedings. MamaChin on "How old was your LO when you did sleep training?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-old-was-your-lo-when-you-did-sleep-training#post-1916823 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:13:51 +0000 MamaChin 1916823@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 6 months for both kids. DS was a terrible sleeper and it took a week. DD was better to start with and just needed some nudging, she only took 2 nights.