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-when they rolled, so around 12 weeks
-I never did this, they stopped on their own
-12 weeks and 11 weeks
-10 months and 8 months. I did cio with checks to break the nurse to sleep habit. They started sleeping longer stretches as a result and sttn not long after

--Stop swaddling? I think around 4 months? I cant remember exactly... whenever she started rolling.
--Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night)? I fed on demand until she stopped nursing around 13 months.
--Transition to crib? 4 months
--Sleep train? We didn't sleep train

--Stop swaddling? Around 4 months probably? But with LO1 she went on to use the magic merlin sleep suit for another 2 months; and LO2 was in a zipadee zip for another 2 months

--Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night)? LO1 night weaned herself around 6 months; LO2 still nurses overnight and she's 16 months We bed share with both

--Transition to crib? Never

--Sleep train? Also never

Stop swaddling: Around 4 months, when he started rolling and hit his sleep regression

Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night: Around 5.5 months because I was going back to work. I tried to night-wean and was semi successful but if he woke at 4am or after I would feed him.

--Transition to crib? 4 months for naps, 8 months for night.

--Sleep train? Ehhh.... 5.5 months for nightweaning, 8 months for crib at night, 10 months again..... it would stick for like a month.

Stop swaddling : 4 months, when both girls started to roll over

Stop feeding on demand at night: We dropped the night feed at 4 months for my first baby, 4.5 months for the second

Transition to crib: We did the crib from day 1 with our first. We used a rock n play for second baby and transitioned her at 4 months when she started to roll over.

Sleep train: Well, we sleep trained from the beginning with both girls, in that we followed a schedule and tried to stretch out their night feedings so they could distinguish day from night. We officially sleep trained with CIO at 11 weeks for our first daughter and 12 weeks for our second.

Stop swaddling? around 9/10 weeks, switched to Merlin suit. dropped Merlin at 4 mo for DS and 4.5 mo for DD I think?

Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night)? transitioned to a cutoff time around 4mo coinciding with sleep training. both kids consolidated down to one night feeding at that point (although DD rarely did more than 1 since about 2mo). DS dropped his remaining night feeding around 7.5/8mo; DD dropped hers at 6.5/7mo.

Transition to crib? around 9/10 weeks (but in a flat bassinet before that).

Sleep train? DS - at 4mo on the nose. DD - around 5mo, but she was a better sleeper to start and never had a nurse to sleep association. we did a slightly modified Ferber with both.

--Stop swaddling? DS1 - 3 weeks. DS2 - 6 weeks (both liked to suck on their hands so we just used a sleep sack)

--Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night)? DS1 - When we transitioned to whole milk at 12 months and he started STTN after sleep training. DS2 - 7 months I think? He was a much better sleeper than DS1. He dropped the night feedings on his own.

--Transition to crib? DS1 - 5 weeks. DS2 - 6 months (he was much later than DS1 because they share a room)

--Sleep train? DS1 - 12 months and I feel like it never really stuck. He is 6 years old and he still doesn't sleep all night. DS2 - 6 months when we transitioned to the crib. Only took a few nights and he dropped his night feeding about a month later. He is 17 months and a fantastic sleeper.

Every baby is different. I think you just have to see what works for you. We tried sleep training DS1 before a year and he would scream for hours, we tried checks and no checks, nothing seemed to work until we got him off the bottle. Even now he still doesn't like to sleep alone. Sleep is hard and what worked for one baby might not work for another.

--Stop swaddling: didn’t do this. And he started sucking his hands and then his thumb around 15 weeks so I was ecstatic to have that as his self-soothing thing.
--Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night): they both stopped on their own. My first dropped night feeds at 3 months and kept a 5 am feed and went back to sleep for an hour or so until 15 months old. My second dropped night feeds at 4 months and is up for the day between 5-6.
--Transition to crib: mine are always in the crib from birth. In our room beside me for the first 6 months and then they go into their own room and we move the crib in there.
--Sleep train: started trying at 16 weeks because that’s when a sleep consultant I know said you could start. I just did it for naps since neither of my kids really needed it at night. But I stopped nursing to sleep at night at 18 weeks. So for me sleep training is no nursing to sleep and going into the crib awake.

—Stopped swaddling at 3-4 months. Ped said it’s time to let the baby have the opportunity to self-soothe with his hands. We also gave him a lovey at this time.
—Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night)? Once we started sleep training (5.5m), I also started a dream feed.
--Transition to crib? Right around 4 months.
--Sleep train? 5.5 months.

LO2 is 3 weeks old now, and we’ll probably do the same for her.

--Stop swaddling? Around 3 months.
--Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night)? Probably around 10-12 weeks.
--Transition to crib? 6 weeks.
--Sleep train? 6-8 weeks we do drowsy but awake and allow 10 minutes of fussing when we put down and at any wake ups. We did extinction CIO for DS1 at 11-12 weeks. DS2, we didn't really need to do much other than extend the amount of time we allowed fussing to 15 minutes and checks worked for him fine.

- stop swaddling - around 12-14 weeks if I recall correctly. Now for my current almost 12 week old we are transitioning out of the swaddle this week (using Merlin. He’s been in Merlin for almost all naps since about 10 weeks since he’s huge. Now we are phasing the swaddle out of night time sleep and using Merlin)

- we still feed on demand At night I guess? But we formula feed and he does 5-7 hour stretches so it’s not too bad).

- transition to crib - my first was 3 weeks and this one has been in crib since day 1.

- sleep train - I mean I guess we’ve sort of done some version of it since like a month old? Not cio but trying to extend him between feeds (ie giving paci instead of bottle). For my first son we started legit sleep training around 3/4 months. ie decreasing ounces and then CIO.
My nearly 12wo we’ve sort of been doing it for the last week or two. Not full on CIO (except for one day when nothing at all helped anyway) but letting him cry during the day and at night with checks. I plan to do full on hard core night weaning and extinction CIO after his 3 month appt next week. I’m 99% sure my Ped will tell me to go for it and I want that little nudge of reassurance. But for example last night/this AM I let him cry on and off for about an hour because he kept stopping and starting. He’s been putting himself back to sleep really well. Like cry for 5 mins (not even that hard) then doze off for a few. Etc. it’s how I remember it going with my first and it just got better and better.
Oh and we’ve always always down drowsy but awake and never hold for naps except for like wonder weeks when he’s a hot mess. So falling asleep on his own has never been an issue. It’s the night wakings and connecting daytime sleep cycles that we are working on.

@periwinklebee: if your guy really loves swaddling you could consider the swaddle me up 50/50 as a transitioning tool. It allows you to have the wings zipped off their hands one at a time if you like. And because he’s not rolling yet you could use it until he starts showing more signs and it allows them to still suck their hands/ sort of touch their face even though they’re sucking The material. It sits snugly around their body and keeps their arms up and near their face (but restricts the movement a bit so they don’t startle themselves awake) which is how most babies sleep unswaddled anyway until they’re starting to try and roll or sleeping on their tummy.

@periwinklebee:
--Stop swaddling? Just now at 5 months when he started to roll over.
--Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night)?
I don't bother until a year old. I DO try to rock baby back to sleep first but have no issues feeding if needed
--Transition to crib?
We made the transition finally around 4 months out of the rock n play and swing for good.
--Sleep train?
We did with my first around the 9 month regression, but I hated it. Not sure I will do it with this little guy, but we shall see.

@periwinklebee: --Stop swaddling? First son, late, I would swaddle him with his legs out and one arm out for a long time. My baby now/she hasn’t started rolling yet at 6 months, so still swaddled

--Stop feeding on demand at night (or before a certain time at night)?
First son: haha. Well, i started trying at maybe 15 months or so when he got diagnosed with cavities. It was an extremely slow process tilll he was totally weaned st 2.5.
Not started any limiting with the baby, I think about it but probably won’t.
--Transition to crib?
Son: haha never.
Baby: she is still in a basinett but in a different room and I plan to put her in the crib soon!
--Sleep train?
Son: never
Baby: thinking about it, but probably never.

Just wanted to share my alternate experiences, I know this isn’t particularly helpful