https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:53:09 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2424309 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 19:49:47 +0000 Ms maths 2424309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I stopped trying to put off nursing her 3 or 4 nights ago, and she only woke up once the past two nights. Go figure.</p> <p>It's great to hear the variation in how things went for others, to feel less like maybe I am doing something foolishly "wrong." I don't expect her current schedule to necessarily stick, but I am enjoying the break multiple wake-ups :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2424156 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 14:18:49 +0000 Pumuckl 2424156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms maths: mine started STTN on their own. DS went from 2 wake-ups to none at 11 months. DD is just getting back to STTN at 12 months. (She had previously STTN from 3-4 months). She had random 1-2 wake-ups before that. Both were EBF. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2424154 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 14:15:08 +0000 PrincessBaby 2424154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO 1 we had to sleep train at 7months because her wake ups gradually increased to 3 or 4 a night.</p> <p>LO2 is abnormally easy and she set her own schedule very early on of going to bed no later than 8:30 and sleeping at least until 8 the next day. Probably around 6 or 7 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2424150 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 14:08:39 +0000 Mae 2424150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On her own. I did sleep train for falling asleep, but I didn't want to for MOTN wakings (if I'd been working I might have cared more but I was okay with rocking her a few times/night). All of a sudden at 14 mo she decided she didn't want to be rocked anymore and immediately started STTN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2424097 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 12:17:18 +0000 lamariniere 2424097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried sleep training 3 different times with LO1, and finally gave up. He eventually STTN on his own just after 12 months. We never did any sleep training with LO2 and she STTN on her own around 14.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2424085 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 11:54:07 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2424085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sleep trained starting around just before 3 months. First it was too fall asleep on her own, then it was too sleep for longer than 30mins, then it was too sleep through the night. At 16 months now, we kiss her goodnight, leave the room and greet her in the morning when she wakes up. We've had had the normal interruptions with illness, teething, development, ect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2424018 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 08:24:58 +0000 winniebee 2424018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first, on his own at 8-9 months consistently (previously would do it about half the time). Formula fed. </p> <p>My second, on his own at 12 months, but not consistently still at 13 months. Tried CIO a few times and it wasn't successful. Breast fed and we went down to 2x a day at 12 months and 1x a day now at 13. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2424004 Sat, 16 Jan 2016 07:48:45 +0000 petunia354 2424004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS started sleeping through the night on his own, but not until around 20ish months. DH was very against sleep training so we muddled through until DS figured it out on his own. It was torture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423880 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 20:45:46 +0000 hony bologna 2423880@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She started consistently STTN on her own at 16 months with no help (no sleep training and no night weaning). She STTN inconsistently (maybe 1-3x a week) since 11 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423659 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 16:20:49 +0000 cam 2423659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to night wean but we didn't sleep train. He was sleeping through consistently around 10 months. That said I tried night weaning a bit earlier and it kind of went how you're describing with gong back to sleep but only for short amounts of time. So I kept feeding him for a bit longer. The next time went much smoother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423426 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 13:10:33 +0000 Charm54 2423426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both girls STTN on their own quite young but needed help to fall asleep on their own </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423410 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:59:32 +0000 Anagram 2423410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sleep trained, but mainly to lessen night wakeups, not eliminate them (Like I would CIO with checks until a certain hour--never for the entire night). SO even with the sleep training, LO did not sttn.</p> <p>I think she did it for the first time right around a year, but she's never consistently sttn ever, and she's now 2.5 She's just a wakeful girl. These days she wakes 1-2 times a night, usually to drink a ton of water and go back to sleep; sometimes it's bad dreams that wake her and she wakes up shouting super odd things.</p> <p>For the baby, we haven't ever done any sleep training and she's already sttn a handful of times, but not consistently. The "helping" we've done it try dream feeds, but she won't even take a dream feed consistently. When the stars align, she'll drink a bottle and go to sleep around 7:30, dream feed at 10:30 and sleep through till at least 6 (typically she then eats again and goes back to sleep till 7:30 am). That's 0 wakeups during MY nighttime, so I consider that STTN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423404 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:54:11 +0000 Andrea 2423404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't do any sleep training if that's what you mean so they both started STTN on their own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423397 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:45:31 +0000 blackbird 2423397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E: with training at 6 months. She's an amazing sleeper.<br /> T: 8 months old and still wakes up once a night. Lately, more, because he's sick. We have been debating how long to keep that 2/3am session....we did maybe two days of relatively light training to get him to fall asleep. What'd happen is we'd put him down and not be able to tend to him immediately while we put his sister down...voila, sleep trained lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423394 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:43:22 +0000 JoJoGirl 2423394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sleep trained at 6 months which got us from 2 wakings/night to 1. She dropped the last on her own at 10 months and has never once woken up in the MOTN since then (she's almost 3). I absolutely believe in sleep training :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423391 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:40:19 +0000 MenagerieMama 2423391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14 mo with help. Except we didn't really sleep train, just night weaned and had DH go in for her wake ups instead of me and she decides she'd rather sleep! Now just wakes up if she's sick or doesn't feel well. She was falling asleep on her own well since around 4 mo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423337 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:46:21 +0000 catlady 2423337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours was kind of a combo? We did sleep training at around 5 months because she had gotten to a point where she couldn't sleep through a sleep cycle and was waking up 8-10 times per night. After the sleep training, she was still waking maybe 2x per night to nurse. Over the next few months, she gradually dropped her night nursing sessions on her own and STTN for real by about 10 months. So we kind of gave her a push but didn't train for the actual STTNing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423288 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:02:14 +0000 hilsy85 2423288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh his own at 13 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423283 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:00:27 +0000 autumnlove 2423283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On their own for LO 1 and LO 2! I was spoiled. Haha. </p> <p>LO 3 might need a little help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423281 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:59:27 +0000 Finfan 2423281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 we sleep trained to fall asleep and she also did not drop feedings on her own either. </p> <p>DD2 is STTN (9 hours without feeding) since 7-8 weeks old. She needs a little bit of help falling asleep but nothing too bad at 10 weeks. I may or may not sleep train her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423276 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:56:01 +0000 edelweiss 2423276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO1 slept through on his own (we had to do sleep training for falling asleep, but he dropped MOTN feedings on his own...and then reverted to a 4am feeding for a few months before growing out of it on his own).</p> <p>for LO2, we are sleep training because he wasn't dropping feedings on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423269 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:54:05 +0000 whenoceansrise 2423269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i kept waiting for ds to figure it out on his own but his sleep was getting worse. he'd wake up 5 times a night and i was going crazy. we decided to do a modified cio method and it worked for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423221 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:18:03 +0000 Mrs.KMM 2423221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD was STTN by ~3.5 months. She was definitely stretching out her sleep on her own but we encouraged it as well by not giving a bottle if she hadn't slept for X hours (that number changed with age at the advice of our ped). It helped to teach her she didn't need that bottle at night and she would just reposition and go back to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423218 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:16:06 +0000 BandDmommy 2423218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS- Pretty much on his own, maybe 2 days of CIO.<br /> DD- On her own<br /> Both consistently STTN by 4 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423217 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:15:34 +0000 catomd00 2423217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@josina: For us, DD started STTN around 12 months, and it seemed like it would be going well for a few weeks, then she would go back to waking up again for a few weeks, then back to STTN. I think it's just the nature of infant and toddler sleep! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423216 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:14:15 +0000 catomd00 2423216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On her own. We don't believe in sleep training, so we just chose to wait it out. Eventually she STTN on her own. But, even at 23 months there are still nights she wakes up, but it's usually only once a week at most. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423211 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 10:08:01 +0000 Ms maths 2423211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the responses. Not surprisingly, there are many kinds of babies. I just need to know which kind I have !</p> <p>She can fall asleep on her own for naps and bedtime. Overnight, she can fall asleep again but can't stay asleep unless I feed her. Our efforts to drop one of the wake-ups have basically been to not feed her: she'll cry for a bit, fall back asleep for anywhere from 5 to 45 minutes and then wake up. This can last for hours, and she is clearly exhausted. If she's fed, she falls immediately back to sleep. (She's a chubby baby with consistently good weight gain, so I'm not worried about her nutritionally.)</p> <p>The wake-ups are wearing me out and I would really like to get longer stretches of sleep. But listening to a baby cry off and on for hours in the middle of the night is even more exhausting for me (both physically and emotionally.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423180 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:53:40 +0000 josina 2423180@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS was STTN at 12 months on his own with a few wake-ups on occasion, but now at 13 months is up once a night every night.<br /> I would really prefer for him to figure it out on his own again (and we are weaning now) but curious to hear what others did as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423166 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:48:21 +0000 snowjewelz 2423166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>On her own at 9 months! It was painful at times, but we decided that sleep training wasn't for us and we were very glad we waited for DD to get there by herself. </p> <p>She doesn't STTN every single night, with illness, teething, leaps, etc there's always something! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sttn-on-their-own-or-with-help#post-2423159 Fri, 15 Jan 2016 09:44:30 +0000 yellowbird 2423159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms maths: lo1 we sleep trained at 11.5 months<br /> Lo2 sttn several times a week on his own, other times he'll wake once. We haven't done any sleep training with him </p>