https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:15:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625298 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:56:39 +0000 ksnow 2625298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like a pretty good sleeper I wouldn't mess with him! I never sleep trained LO1 since she was manageable like this (and I did rock/stay with her to sleep for a long time...I mean until she was older not a long time every night).</p> <p>I just did sleep training LO2 (he is 6 months also!) but he was a TERRIBLE sleeper kept getting worse until he was up every hour. I'm so happy I did. It's been just over a week so i'm not sure we're perfect yet but world's better. He now goes 7-630, seems to be restless around 11 &amp; 12 every night but I do one check and he's back asleep...eats around 2 or 3...he was also getting up at 5 or so, I'm working on getting him to sleep until 630 instead of having the early morning wake up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625216 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 08:45:41 +0000 snowjewelz 2625216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am only into very gentle sleep training, and I didn't sleep train DD at all. We kind of just went with her pace and she went from nursing to sleep, being rocked/held to sleep, to eventually learning to fall asleep on her own (by 7-8 months) without tears/training! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625169 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 07:49:38 +0000 nana87 2625169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We never did sleep training, so maybe I shouldn't talk, but if what's currently working works I'd just stick to it! FWIW, we rocked(/I nursed) my daughter to sleep for a really, really long time and she grew out of it herself--we still stay in the room while she falls asleep, but she lies down herself in her bed. So you're not necessarily going to have problems down the road with rocking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625139 Thu, 22 Sep 2016 06:32:58 +0000 erinbaderin 2625139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks, everybody! I am definitely pro sleep training - my older son was waking up every 90 minutes at 5 months and sleep training was the best thing we ever did. W just sleeps so much better right now that I'd really only be doing it to try to ward off future problems. Part of the problem is that my husband always does the sleep training but right now he's in the midst of working on B and so I have to do it...</p> <p>Anyway, you've all made me feel ok about leaving it, or at least doing it much more gradually. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625096 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:55:49 +0000 Corduroy 2625096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sleep training saved my life but it doesn't sound like it would do much for you. We had to walk LO1 for an hour each night before putting her down. She would sleep for 30 minutes and then we'd have to walk for another hour. It was exhausting and stressful. I think that's the kind of motion addiction that's problematic. If you're fine rocking for a few minutes rock on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625095 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:50:34 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2625095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe not sleep train as in let him CIO, but just practice letting him fuss a bit instead of rocking him all the way to sleep? We had to do extinction CIO cause my son was not able to link sleep cycles but it sounds like yours is...I'd just think of sleepyness as a scale of 1-10, the first night put him down at 10, all the way asleep - next night 9 - almost fully asleep but maybe just stirring, next night 8, eyes still open but relaxed, etc and work from there. If he starts fussing leave him a little bit longer than you normally would but still go to him if you or he gets distressed. Eventually, you should reach a point where you are putting him down at a 1 and he's putting himself to sleep. If you're happy with how things are, this shouldn't interfere with your current routine too much and maybe will take care of the sleep training painlessly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625092 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:43:44 +0000 californiadreams 2625092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Based on what you said, "I don't want to, and I don't think I need to", i think you have got your answer. And for me personally, i would only sleep train in extreme circumstances. Your baby seems to be sleeping pretty good. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625087 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:25:25 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2625087@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, feeling like you should do something doesn't mean you need to. If everyone is happy with the current arrangement, I wouldn't change it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625085 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:18:24 +0000 Ms.Badger 2625085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds a lot like my kiddo who I nursed to sleep until i stopped nursing at 1 year. Now he won't LET me rock him to sleep (at 16 months). I'd just continue how things are unless they get too hard for you to deal with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625068 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:47:00 +0000 tlcbaby 2625068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around that age, I was also rocking/nursing to sleep with my oldest. I was worried he wouldn't be able to fall asleep without it so I just started rocking him almost to sleep and then putting him down. At first, I would sit by his crib and scratch his back, then I moved ambit further away and stayed till he fell asleep, then I just got up and left after rocking him till drowsy and then laying him down. It sounds like a lot, but this was all over the course of about 1 1/2 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625064 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:30:07 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2625064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did at 6 months (to get her to fall asleep for bed and naps alone, at that point she was already sttn with maybe one wake up) because nursing to sleep/cuddling for a minute or two turned into a 2 hour bedtime saga one night (with crying from both of us) and then turned into a 2-4 am struggle on a different night to get back to bed one night so I got scared as my sleep crutch appeared to not always be working. It took about a week and then I just put her in bed, said goodnight and left with no crying. It was worth it for me, but as others have said, if your current method works then maybe do it for as long as it works? And I feel the older they get, maybe the quicker it will be to sleep train later if you need to? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625058 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:15:54 +0000 wrkbrk 2625058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: I mean you can but personally I wouldn't. This sounds pretty darn doable and I wouldn't CIO or whatever until/until you're desperate!! Your method seems to be working out fine unless it's upsetting you or your spouse to have to rock him? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625053 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:54:17 +0000 tinyperson 2625053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: ditto what foodnerd81 said. Do what works for you. We sleep trained LO1 at 9 months because her sleep had deteriorated so much that we were up 5-6 times a night for 45-1hr each time and none of us were sleeping, which wasn't healthy for any of us. But that number of wake ups sounds reasonable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625052 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:53:09 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2625052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate sleep training, but I'm a fan of it because it worked for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625043 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:37:06 +0000 peaches1038 2625043@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Id say that's pretty great for a six month old. We just recently loosely sleep trained at 10 months bc DS was waking up 4+ times per night. But I still nurse to sleep most of the time and he wakes up to nurse 1-2x. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625041 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:32:57 +0000 Foodnerd81 2625041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My feeling is, if it's working for you, and his sleep doesn't seem to be suffering from it, let it be. We were in the same boat, but then my LO started waking up when I laid her down and getting more upset about it, or taking forever to fall asleep, so I had to stop rocking her to sleep. Luckily it only took a few nights of less than 10 minutes of crying before she got it. It hasn't really changed her sleeping in general- she still wakes up once a night to nurse at 9 months- but bedtime has been much nicer for the most part. </p> <p>I won't even get into my older LO since her sleep was never good or easy... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/should-i-sleep-train-1#post-2625032 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 19:17:42 +0000 erinbaderin 2625032@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>W is six months old. He's been a pretty good sleeper since birth. I rock him to sleep for bedtime and naps, he's usually out in 5-10 minutes, then I lay him in his crib. At night he generally only wakes up once between 2-4, nurses, goes right back down. For naps he's usually good for a big nap (90-120 minutes) once a day, otherwise can be a bit of a catnapper. </p> <p>Should I sleep train him? I don't want to, and I don't think I need to, but I guess I feel like I should before him falling asleep in my arms becomes a problem. I tried to do it tonight but after 25 minutes (only probably 10 of them really crying, and even that was intermittent, but he never cries plus he kept bonking his head on the crib) I gave up and picked him up. </p> <p>Thoughts? </p>