https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 19:08:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-while-roomsharing#post-2793192 Fri, 22 Dec 2017 07:57:57 +0000 smuckers 2793192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lest anyone think I got out of sleep training with no trials: last night was a little rough. She had a hard time self soothing once she woke herself up, which she did often due to lack of swaddle.</p> <p>Hopefully the worst is over (and honestly it wasn't *that* bad). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-while-roomsharing#post-2793185 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 23:04:21 +0000 cake2017 2793185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@codeitall: I did the exact same thing! It worked for us! I’m currently working on sleep training with LO now that he’s in his own room. Hopefully it gets easier! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-while-roomsharing#post-2793182 Thu, 21 Dec 2017 22:03:30 +0000 smuckers 2793182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@codeitall: thank you so much for your reply! I feel you on having a light sleeper; it definitely makes things more tough!</p> <p>@kitty: yes, I saw your post! We're lucky in that our room configuration is such where we cannot see each other from the bed/crib. </p> <p>Just as a general update: so far this is going so, so, SO much better than I thought. Yesterday she cried for 10 minutes even then slept for 6 hours. I breastfed her, laid her back in the crib, and she just... went to sleep. Just like that. </p> <p>Tonight I decided if we were going to do this, let's do it all the way and we dropped the swaddle. I was/an honestly TERRIFIED of how it would go, since last time we tried she didn't sleep for literally an hour before I gave in and reswaddled. She fussed for literally 1 minute, spent 3 minutes kicking her feet, then promptly fell asleep. My jaw is on the floor. </p> <p>Obviously she was much more ready for this that I was. I LOVED her next to me in the cosleeper, and I'm still a bit gutted that we moved her to her crib. I know it won't be like this every single night, but dammmnnn girl, you're making this transition way harder for mama to back out of. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-while-roomsharing#post-2792983 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 18:45:43 +0000 kitty 2792983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have recently sleep trained with LO sleeping right near our bed and it ended up not making too much difference except that I had no choice but to hear him crying or fussing. That said, he was most of the way trained already so I haven't had to deal with long periods of night crying. I did post about noise and light reducing options for room sharing with baby and got some great suggestions about folding screens and curtains. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-while-roomsharing#post-2792937 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 14:08:45 +0000 codeitall 2792937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 9 months and we are currently sleep training. Well, mostly, kind of, sorta sleep training.</p> <p>We just moved to a 3 bedroom because she was too light of a sleeper to share with her brother or even with us really (ours was a much smaller room than yours though).</p> <p>Frankly, we are working on nap training and the initial laydown training first. Middle of the night wakeups, I tend to bring her to bed, feed her into submission/deep sleep again and then stick her back in the crib. This... is probably not the most efficient approach as she still wakes up a few times a night, but by working on her going to sleep on her own during the day and on the first shift, she had the room to herself. We just had to be super quiet going back in the room and getting in bed.</p> <p>I'm sure eventually she'll start sleeping better :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training-while-roomsharing#post-2792894 Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:27:43 +0000 smuckers 2792894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does anyone have any experience with sleep training while they are sharing a room with their baby? My DD is just shy of 7 months old, and has been an Arm's Reach cosleeper attached to our bed for most of her life.</p> <p>We've finally reached the point where I think it's time to move to her crib. Due to the layout of our condo, her nursery is in the master bedroom with us (though it is a large room; I cannot see her in the crib from my bed). I've been dreading moving her to the crib, but for the past week or so my excellent sleeper has been waking up every hour or so after 2am. The only thing that prevents the wake ups is moving her into bed with us, and I'm honestly just not comfortable doing so as my husband (a SAHD) is a very heavy sleeper.</p> <p>I've seen lots of posts on how to sleep train when the babies are in their own room, but does anyone have any experience training when they're in the same room? Probably important to note that she's still swaddled at night (despite my best efforts to train away from it). </p>