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LO might have been ready earlier, but we didn't do true training until 12.5 months because the sleep issues didn't bother me really until then. we did little things like letting her fall asleep on her own and crying for 5 minutes to see if she would extend her sleep, but other than that, we didn't train per se until later. from what i've seen it takes a breaking point to get there. but honestly, at 5.5 weeks adjusted, i think your LO just needs more time! good luck!

We didn't even feel comfortable with trying training until 10.5 months. At that point, he was still waking once to eat, and was suddenly having a hard time getting himself to sleep. Honestly, I think it just "felt" like he was old enough at that point. We both just felt like he didn't actually need us anymore to fall asleep, and that the middle of the night bottle was a habit more than anything. I think you just have to go with your gut on this one. We weren't ready until much later than a lot of people, but it was the right time for us.

I think sleep training is more about when you are ready then the baby. Sleep is a natural developmental process that doesn't require training (meaning If you do nothing eventually they will STTN). The natural process might just take a lot longer then you would like. That being said, I believe 6 months is the general recommendation for when they are "ready".

When DS screamed at bedtime and MOTN wake ups no matter what we did - he would instantly wake up crying after rocking, patting, shhhing, bouncing, nursing, or singing to sleep. Finally we just decided we needed to leave him alone and he fell asleep on his own pretty quickly. This was around 5.5 months.

However, we have to do it again starting tonight - the flu, an ear infection, teething, and holiday travel totally destroyed his sleep and mine.

We started when our pediatrician told us he could go without the MOTN feeding, which for us was 4 months. We did the 5, 10, 15 minute checks and he took a paci great, and after he found his fingers he didn't need the paci anymore. He did great.

However, with my second it was a different story. She never self-soothed and we didn't sleep train her. She started STTN on her own around 8 months. We're paying the price now, though... we're on her 6th brutal sleep regression and she's up basically every hour to two hours every night, through the entire night. At 2.5 years old. The regressions last 2-4 weeks. It's a whole different story when they're much older and you can't soothe them with rocking or nursing. And they can make themselves vomit at will to get you to come back in to the room!!

I would recommend that you give it a shot, and if he or you can't do it, just give up and try again in a week or two. Doesn't hurt to try! And it'll give you good practice for when it's definitely time.