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My ped encouraged me that if I chose to sleep train my baby would be okay, but this seemed to only be because I asked about his sleep going downhill and I was the one who brought up sleep training. I'd be a bit put off if a doctor brought it up with out me saying anything poor about his sleep, but I think I'd just assume he or she was try to make sure I knew it was an option

Nope. I have no idea what her stance on it is. She asks how baby is sleeping and I tell her. She always just says ok and moves on. I'm sure if I sounded desperate for help or asked she would give me some advice , but generally she doesn't push parenting advice on me unless I ask.

Nope, but i have never really asked for sleep advice.

No, he has written advice for the different well baby visits that the nurse gives you and you review while waiting to see him. Otherwise he just asks generally how things are going with regard to sleep. The 2 month well baby visits talked about sleep training and what age he recommends it for if the family wants to try it.

No, it was brought up but more just as an open discussion/option for parents, among other things.

@SproutBee: does she think sleep training is somehow beneficial to your LO's health? If not, I don't get why she cares. Our ped asks how long our newborn's biggest stretch of sleep is but beyond that he's never addressed sleep issues with either kid unless we specifically asked for advice.

Our regular pediatrician doesn't at all but one of the other doctors in the practice did- before we even discussed anything. I was actually really upset by it, my daughter was sitting in my lap instead of on the table (she was like 8 months old!), the doctor came in and started talking about separation anxiety and she'll get over it quickly if we just leave her in her crib. We also got advice about cradle cap before moving onto the ear infection were were actually there for.

Her belief is, in general, that "it's ok for babies to cry", so I believe she would support sleep training, but she's never suggested it to us. And I'm grateful for that, because that's not something either DH or I were ever interested in.

No our Pedi never even mentioned sleep other than how is he/she sleeping I would always say good!

He never seems worried about that at all

No way. Never mentioned, never even heard of this practice except on HB.

Our ped said "if you want to sleep train or cry it out, wait until 6 months"

She left it pretty open ended. But then again she's pretty laid back. She offers her suggestions but doesn't jump all over if something doesn't go according to schedule or plan. We are pretty laid back too (and LO is admittedly fairly "easy")

At my 4 month appt my pediatrician asked about his sleep. I said he was sleeping 7pm to 4am, small bottle (3oz) and then back to sleep till 6:30 or so.
She said that because of the long stretch he was doing and how small the bottle I gave him was (daytime feelings were up to 8oz), it made sense to wean the feeding and then do CIO if I was comfortable. I was
It's definitely a personal decision, but I am very sensitive to sleep so I was relieved when she suggested it. It helped me to know that I wasn't going to hurt him by getting rid of that last feed or letting him cry.
She does speaking engagements around my city on sleep, so I think that it's something she feels passionate about. She's not pushy so I'm sure if someone wasn't into it she wouldn't make them feel bad about it.

As a side note I find it to be such a relief that so many Pediatricians have different opinions on every topic (sleep, feeding, etc). Makes you realize that aside from true safety issues, you really can't do anything "wrong" or "right" - just what's right for you!

Our ped practice endorses extinction CIO at 2mos. I respectfully ignored that recommendation.

I don't use my ped for parenting advice. I use them for medical advice.

Yes, but gently. She has an advice sheet that she hands out at every visit and starting around 4 months it had a few notes on sleep training. But, it was never discussed.

Fwiw, LO slept like crap for her first 7 months, but I could never bring myself to do any kind of training. At about 7.5 mos, she figured it out one day and has slept through the night regularly since then (other than illness, etc) I'm glad I ignored the advice sheet!

Our ped never once brought it up.