https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 19:11:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1960459 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:30:00 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1960459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did some at 3.5 months but it didn't stick through the 4 month sleep regression/jet lag hell, so again at 5.5 months and it worked amazingly well! We did extinction as checks just worked him up. Within the last 2 months he's started sleeping 7pm-5 or 6am reliably. He's 8.5 months so we'll see if the 9 month sleep regression hits him as hard as 4 month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1960448 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:14:15 +0000 wonderstruck 1960448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 12 weeks? DS1 was a VERY good sleeper though - he had already dropped his nighttime feeds, he just needed some help learning to fall asleep (and back asleep after MOTN wakings) on his own. We used Ferber and it worked very well and very quickly.</p> <p>I anticipate it not going as well with DS2, he's being much slower about spacing out his night feedings. I've tried giving him a pacifier and soothing, but all it does is stall him a bit - he's clearly still hungry when he wakes up, so I don't feel right about sleep training anytime soon. Unfortunately. Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1960359 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:44:31 +0000 Suzanne44 1960359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumpkin Pie: CIO usually means straight letting them cry it out. We did that with our second because the progressive waiting made it worse IMO. Maybe @meredithNYC: can be of some help to you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1960354 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:42:12 +0000 lady grey 1960354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs tartan: 5 months since his 4 month sleep regression was so bad. We used the Sleep Easy Solution book with great success! It is a CIO method. My biggest advice is mom should leave the house for the first 30 mins the first few days you do it. Its just too hard to listen to the crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1960327 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:13:50 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 1960327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does CIO mean you just let them cry forever until they fall aslerp , even if they cry for a few hours? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1960314 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:06:15 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 1960314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Follow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1960294 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 16:52:53 +0000 Suzanne44 1960294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs tartan: It has been two weeks since we started training our now almost 15 week old daughter to fall asleep on her own (CIO). I am not night weaning her, but wait to see if she is really awake before feeding her and also base it in the last time she was fed. We trained our first at 6 months with Ferber and he dropped the night feedings on his own the first night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1942457 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:29:47 +0000 gracecat 1942457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>CIO at 10 weeks, it was life changing. Took 3 days. First day was the hardest but second night she cried 30 min. only then slept!!! I also relied heavily on Healthy sleep habits happy child. It just resonated with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1941236 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:48:19 +0000 lilyann 1941236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1, we did CIO around 6 months and he took to it pretty well! He was able to put his paci back in which made me feel a lot better about it.</p> <p>DS2, I've had to do CIO here and there since I solo parent most nights, but he doesn't cry hard or for long. Also, he just recently started sucking his thumb (5 months old), so he has really perfected his self soothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1941235 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:48:10 +0000 sunny 1941235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did CIO at 17 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1941227 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 13:43:50 +0000 sooz 1941227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We CIO for our first son at 4.5 months and it worked perfectly, although he wasn't nightweaned until 9 months. He would only wake up once per night to feed. We tried with our second son at the same age, but it didn't work. He would cry non-stop for 2+ hours, so we gave up and tried again at 7 months. He went from waking 2-3 times per night to once per night. He's now nine months and still resistant to giving up his once per night feed, so we're just waiting. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940944 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:59:39 +0000 meredithNYC 1940944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs tartan: well, I based my approach on "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" which really helped me learn a lot about infant sleep cycles and how to use a schedule to help LO get her best sleep. Also, after putting her down around. 7:00 my husband did a dream feed between 10 and 11 and I believe that helped tremendously. LO was also on formula at that point, which may have had an impact, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940891 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:38:11 +0000 BabyTsMom 1940891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>14 weeks. No regrets. In fact I feel like I should have done it earlier. Ferber method, only for going to bed. I did not train for MOTN wakings (he was down to one waking by then). About a month later, he dropped that last feeding on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940858 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:23:46 +0000 Anagram 1940858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 months, Ferber method. Then again at 9 months to drop a night feeding. And again for the final time at 11.5 months to drop ALL night feedings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940684 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:23:02 +0000 Mrs tartan 1940684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@meredithNYC: what method did you use at that age? Did your LO sleep through from what time to when? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940588 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:52:17 +0000 PrincessBaby 1940588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7 mos, but would have done it earlier if we weren't in the middle of a crazy 2 month long moving process. We did Ferber but ended up doing CIO bc checks pissed her off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940586 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:51:07 +0000 loveisstrange 1940586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6 months, used CIO to drop her last feeding and get her to sleep all the way through.</p> <p>We started the 15 minute rule when she was like 3 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940579 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:48:09 +0000 meredithNYC 1940579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started around 2.5 months. No regrets as the improved sleep for the whole family made ALL the difference in the world to our happiness and sanity.</p> <p>ETA: I'm due with #2 in April and I would do the same again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940567 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:41:52 +0000 catomd00 1940567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never. My DD is almost 9 months and last night for the first time ever didn't wake to eat from 7p-6a. Typically she wakes 1-2 times a night to eat. We will see if it sticks. It's very normal (for breastfed babies at least) to wake to eat in the first year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940558 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:34:29 +0000 catlady 1940558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried Ferber at 4 months and she was not ready. It was clear after a single night. We let it go for awhile and tried again at 5 months and it worked beautifully. She has been a good sleeper ever since.</p> <p>We kept her MOTN nursing sessions and she gradually dropped them one by one on her own over the next 5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940550 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:26:03 +0000 Corduroy 1940550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ferber at 16 weeks for falling asleep. We kept MOTN feeds because they were quick and she would go right back to sleep. Putting her to bed was taking us two hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940543 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:20:34 +0000 Jess1483 1940543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We CIO'd at 5.5 months, but my LO needed night feeds until over a year. Dropping them earlier would have been detrimental to his health. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940540 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:17:52 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1940540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>ferber at 4.5 months with charlie. he was pretty easy to night train. he was also a big baby, and we kept one feeding, but he quickly dropped it on his own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940536 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 09:16:29 +0000 blackbird 1940536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 6 months old and we only worked on night weaning her feeds because she had dropped them on her own. I wouldn't have done that otherwise, since most babies do need to eat up through 8 months or so. My kid just topped off heavy before bed </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940460 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:20:25 +0000 edelweiss 1940460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we used CIO around 11 weeks for falling asleep. once as LO fell asleep we didn't have issues with MOTN wakings (the ones he had were reasonable), but we were having a bear of a time with falling asleep in the first place.</p> <p>mrs. high heels sleep trained around 6 weeks--she posted about it on the blog. i found those posts very helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940457 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:16:36 +0000 My Only Sunshine 1940457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs tartan: We did the Ferber method at 4.5 months. That's the one where you do comfort checks on a schedule. I found it very helpful to read Ferber's book "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems" rather than just go off the Ferberizing schedules you can find online.</p> <p>I also read "No Cry Sleep Solution" and Marc Weissbluth's book (that's the more typical Cry-It-Out method). We tried both of those methods but Ferber worked the best for my daughter. I think it's worth reading about a few different methods because different things work for different babies.</p> <p>We kept one middle of the night (usually about 3 am) feed until 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940427 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:51:05 +0000 Foodnerd81 1940427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sleep trained to fall asleep at night at 3.5. It felt so young but she had been nursing to sleep before and was waking up and freaking out when we tried to put her down, we were rocking her for sometimes over an hour at a time to get her to fall and stay asleep and then praying she wouldn't wake up when we put her down. It wasn't working. So we did CIO just for the initial falling asleep, first at night, then a couple of weeks later for nap, and it was life changing. If she woke up after only a couple of hours, Dh went in and rocked her first before I fed her- anytime I went in she just wanted milk. She kept two, then one, motn feeding until nine months. Trying to train her off them didn't go well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940417 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:39:22 +0000 LemonLong 1940417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started sleep training at about 3 weeks old for both my girls. They were night weaned completely and sleeping through the night by 8 weeks. At night if they cried, I'd just offer them the pacifier first and that usually settled them. I used the Moms on Call method. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940382 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:05:19 +0000 hilsy85 1940382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We successfully sleep trained at 6.5 months. He didn't completely drop all night feeds til 12 months or so--I personally think 12 weeks is WAY too early to expect a baby to drop night feeds, and at that age STTN is sleeping 5+hours I think... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/truthfully-what-age-did-you-start-sleep-training-what-method#post-1940379 Wed, 12 Nov 2014 07:01:44 +0000 yellowbird 1940379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did it at 11.5 months. She just wasn't ready before then. We did cio </p>