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Eek! Sorry :(. We haven't really had to deal with the going to sleep part too much. For the most part, LO goes to sleep drinking her bottle and doesn't wake up when we put her down. There was a phase where that didn't happen though. We worked on her naps and night wake ups, and then the going to bed got significantly better. I wouldn't feed her until at least 4. If she woke before then, we gave her 10 mi uses to figure it out. If that didn't work, DH would go in to sooth her. I would go in only if things were still crazy after 10 minutes with DH. In less than a week all night wake ups were gone.

@LulaBee: Honestly, there is no way I could do CIO without also night weaning. I think its too confusing for a baby to understand that if its been more than four hours then she gets picked up and comforted and nursed. But if its been less then 4 hours, she has to figure it out herself. I understand why you probably want/need to sleep train but personally, I couldn't do that to my child.

We waited until we night weaned after a year old. We would go in, tell her it was night night time and she needed to lay down. If she didn't lay down, we would leave the room for a few minutes. If she did lay down then we would stay with her and rub her back. We didn't pick her up because then she would just want to nurse. She learned really quickly that if she wanted us to stay, she needed to lay down and go back to sleep.

I bet tonight will be better! Good luck : )