Hellobee Boards Topic: It's like we never sleep trained

Hellobee Boards Topic: It's like we never sleep trained https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:04:37 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB on "It's like we never sleep trained" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/its-like-we-never-sleep-trained#post-1759084 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 08:00:23 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 1759084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @TRAILMIX, that is exactly what I plan to do. I am just trying to go with my intuition because that is what told me to sleep train originally, I felt like he was ready and he was. Right now, he is not, so we're waiting a few weeks! It could definitely be a growth spurt- he is already the size of a 1 year old but I know that doesn't mean he is in the same developmental stage as one. It's tough working so much and being away from him, then he's cranky for a lot of the time we are together but that is probably a pretty universal complaint. At least we have hope since we did get a nice schedule down for a little while. Trailmix on "It's like we never sleep trained" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/its-like-we-never-sleep-trained#post-1759065 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:51:07 +0000 Trailmix 1759065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MOMTOLITTLEB: my kids didn't STTN until after 1! What's happening to you sounds really normal. I sleep-trained multiple times, would have a few good nights and then they'd slowly regress. It's not uncommon for babies of that age to still need one motn feeding, he might just be growing and hungry? I'm sorry, I went through it for a year with twins, so I know how miserable sleep deprivation is. I'd give it a few more weeks, see what happens and re-evaluate,maybe do another round of sleep training then... MOMTOLITTLEB on "It's like we never sleep trained" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/its-like-we-never-sleep-trained#post-1759045 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:39:06 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 1759045@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @LOCAVORE_MAMA, he is still being a baby monster(said with love), mostly because he isn't napping well. All weekend he would only nap in the car, if we got him to sleep in the crib, he'd wake up after 20 minutes screaming as though he was being tortured! He is waking up about once per night and going back fairly easily after eating. Last night he woke up screaming an hour after going to bed and was hard to calm but eventually went back to sleep, then slept a 9 hour stretch, waking at 3 this morning. I know it could be worse, with waking up every couple hours or so but we were doing so well with a few weeks of normal sleep for us, we thought we'd made progress and we've lost it. At least we know he can do it, we just have to get back there. I checked for more teeth this morning but still can't feel anything. @MRS. OATMEAL, I feel like a lot of parents around me take STTN for granted by this age but I know it just can't be that easy for everyone. Mrs. Oatmeal on "It's like we never sleep trained" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/its-like-we-never-sleep-trained#post-1758997 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:09:57 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1758997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MOMTOLITTLEB: I feel like we had to retrain a few times, as she hit new milestones, regressions, teething, etc. She will be 11 months tomorrow, and just started STTN a few times per week. I think it took three separate times of 'training' (3 or so days each time), but now she is going to sleep quickly and easily. Best of luck! regberadaisy on "It's like we never sleep trained" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/its-like-we-never-sleep-trained#post-1758987 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:05:33 +0000 regberadaisy 1758987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MOMTOLITTLEB: how is his sleep now? Sleep will always be a struggle. Lol My daughter didn't start STTN till she was 7.5 months and before that she would wake every two hours. And even after that sleep was never consistent. There are sleep regression, wonder weeks, whenever they hit a milestone, teething pain before the teeth actually cuts. Hang in there! MOMTOLITTLEB on "It's like we never sleep trained" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/its-like-we-never-sleep-trained#post-1744846 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:06:45 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 1744846@https://boards.hellobee.com/ He got his two bottom teeth about two months ago, so he could be close to getting the top- I don't see the white coming in and I don't feel anything. He definitely wasn't out of sorts this badly with the first two but I know teething can be a big thing that throws them off. He's been crawling for a couple of weeks and obviously is very excited about that. When I look at him on the monitor during night wake ups, he looks like he's trying to get comfortable and sleep, does not look alert like he wants to crawl so teething could be more likely. loveisstrange on "It's like we never sleep trained" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/its-like-we-never-sleep-trained#post-1744837 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:02:44 +0000 loveisstrange 1744837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Is he teething? That always screws everything up. MOMTOLITTLEB on "It's like we never sleep trained" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/its-like-we-never-sleep-trained#post-1744826 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:59:29 +0000 MOMTOLITTLEB 1744826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We thought our son was just a terrible sleeper for the first six months of his life, we were up at least once, often two or three times and often for extended times. We reduced his night feeding amounts and he didn't mind, plus he was getting older so we decided he was ready for sleep training about a month ago. We used the Ferber method, had 3 or 4 rough days and by the end of the week, he was sleeping about 11 hours each night. This worked great for a few weeks, he was happier, eating better, less moody overall. Now for a little over a week he's been waking up very upset so we've been feeding him bottles each night. He is 7 months old, healthy and clearly capable of sleeping through the night but he gets so upset, it is upsetting to me. We tried restarting the Ferber method last night and it was a complete disaster, after an hour and a half of crying and checks, I fed him and he ate an entire 8 oz bottle. He was still a little upset but after about a minute of singing and back rubbing, he was out until normal wake up time. I feel so sad about this, we were really enjoying the steady sleep. We don't do well without decent sleep. We recently started focusing on things we had been too tired to do all these months, a big one being take care of ourselves better. Do babies often need to be re-trained so quickly? Could something else be wrong with him? His room is a comfortable temperature, he goes to sleep well at bedtime. He eats well before bed. I am willing to keep trying Ferber since it worked so well before but this time feels different, he is more upset, the crying seems so much worse, so maybe something else is better for us? This is depressing!