https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 02 May 2026 22:18:31 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-log#post-1565567 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 09:38:12 +0000 daniellemybelle 1565567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for sharing this - I'm glad it went well! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-log#post-1565238 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 20:50:56 +0000 Grace 1565238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, that's what happened to me too. I'd say it took 1-2 months though, where I became quite confident that she would go down easily. Might have coincided with going down to 2 naps, actually. It was hard! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-log#post-1564875 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 14:38:59 +0000 lady grey 1564875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds a lot like our experience. We started at 5 months, and my LO went down at bedtime well within 4 days. He still woke up 2-3 times per night. I tried doing dream feeds but he would always wake up right before I planned to go in and feed him! So I just started nursing him for 10-15 mins then putting him back down (awake). Usually he would easily fall back asleep.</p> <p>Naps took much longer, like 6 weeks, to be consistently smooth. In that time we had to do some of the 3 naps per day in the stroller or car because I couldn't listen to all the crying, trying to get him to sleep in the crib every day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-log#post-1564743 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:49:04 +0000 Turd Ferguson 1564743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you!! I'm gearing up to sleep train our daughter and I love reading success stories! So happy it went well for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-log#post-1564679 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:47:48 +0000 KayTea 1564679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found these type of posts really helpful when I was making the decision to sleep train so I wanted to share my notes on our sleep training process. </p> <p>We decided to sleep train our little guy just shy of 4 months. He had been a poor sleeper since day one. As time went on we found that it was becoming harder and harder to get him asleep. We swaddled, bounced, rocked, swung, gave a paci, and had white noise but each time we put him down to sleep it was taking at least 30 minutes. And there was a lot of crying (from both of us). Once he was asleep he only slept 45 minutes so we had to do this multiple times per day. Everyone was exhausted including our little guy!</p> <p>We did the Weissbluth extinction method. I mostly based this off reading the blog “troublesome tots.” She likes both methods but thinks there is potentially less crying with this method than the Ferber checks and the parents have less chance at screwing it up. It was so tough doing this method and honestly for my own sanity I think if I could redo I would go with Ferber checks. </p> <p>We did naps and night sleep at the same time. However I didn’t do any sleep training for middle of the night wakings. He typically has 2-3 wakings and I just nursed him back to sleep as I always did. </p> <p>Our sleep training didn’t really follow the typical “worse to better” pattern so my biggest piece of advice would be to stick it out for a full two weeks because it really got so much better after that. </p> <p>Night 1<br /> 12 minutes of crying<br /> 10 minutes quiet and falling asleep</p> <p>Night 2<br /> 55 minutes of crying (what? I thought it was supposed to get better?!)</p> <p>Night 3<br /> 10 minutes crying</p> <p>Night 4<br /> 15 minutes crying</p> <p>Night 5-8<br /> 5-15 minutes crying</p> <p>Naps:<br /> Days 1-6: Anywhere from 2-30 minutes of crying. Seemed random as to which naps had more crying and did not really seem to be getting better as time went on.<br /> Day 7,8: Two naps had 30 minutes of crying (!?!? almost quit at this point)<br /> After Day 8: Max 2 mins of crying at naps (Woo hoo!)<br /> Day 21: Got sick, naps went out the window! Essentially had to retrain for a day which was a huge disappointment for me. Luckily his night sleep remained good. </p> <p>Currently (Day 28):<br /> No crying at all at bedtime<br /> Looks forward to bedtime routine<br /> Happily “talks” in his crib until he falls asleep which can take up to 30 mins<br /> Wakes up 1-2 times per night and falls back asleep easily</p> <p>Naps:</p> <p>Generally protests during the nap routine (which is a song). Cries probably 50% of naps for about 30s-2min. </p> <p>For the first two weeks we stayed at home and didn’t go out at all. Now we usually have one nap per day “on-the-go”. I’ve actually found that he falls asleep much easier in his stroller and car seat since the sleep training. </p> <p>Overall I’m happy we made the decision to sleep train but it definitely was even harder than I expected. I hope this helps anyone in our same position! </p>