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No advice on the sleep training part, bit wanted you to know you aren't alone with a child who just wont stay asleep. At 11 months, my LO was absolutely up several times a night.

She slept through the night for the first time ever around 1 year but still woke up most nights and now at 2 years old, wakes up 1-2 times a night.

We've sleep trained probably 4 times and things improve for a bit and then she regresses. Some kids just aren't good sleepers.

It's not unheard of for my 17 month old to wake up 3 times a night. The past 10 weeks she was up 2-4 times a night every night. I consider her to be a decent sleeper for a nursing baby, too. There's so many milestones and other things that impact sleep for some babies. I'll preface this by saying I do not believe in sleep training or CIO, but if you're leaving them to cry for 1 to 2 hours, I think that's way too much and not the approach for that child. In the not so distant future you will be on here looking for advice on how to get your kid out of bed in the morning!

Mine was totally un-sleeptrainable. She is so stubborn. She would be up many many times at 11 months. She started sleeping through the night at 14 months. She still wakes up about once a night at just over 2. My other LO sleeps like a rock for the most part at 4 months.

My son was 11 months old when we were finally able to sleep train him via the Ferber method.

Glad last night went well for you!

DS isn't sleep trainable. He's the kid that will cry till he throws up like crazy. So you go in, change his clothes and bed sheets, bathe him only to repeat the process until you give up. The most we've done this in one night was 4x. Oof!

He was a terrible sleeper since birth. He started sleeping better when we weaned (12 months), but didn't truly start STTN till we bottle weaned him (18 months). However, at 2, he's been waking up a lot again. Oof. Nothing can console him. He never took to a lovey either.

@knittylady: I could have written your post. Hoping someone had magic answers they can send my way and I would love to join you with chocolate lol.

Sleep training worked for DD1, but did NOT work on DD2. We tried it so many times but I just can't see how letting them cry/scream for an hour (or more!) is beneficial to them. Instead, I just gave in and enjoyed the snuggles since these moments are fleeting.
FWIW, DD2 started STTN on her own about 14 months old (and she used to wake 2-4x per night).