For those that have had to re-sleep train due to regressions, teething, illness, etc etc, what was involved in the process? We haven't had to re-train yet but I want to be ready for when or if I do need to!
1. Did your LO cry as long the second (or third, etc) time around? Did it only take a day or two?
2. For those that did Ferber, did you stick to the same timed intervals as you did the first time? Or did you check earlier?
3. Did you do anything differently at all?
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I've always done Pick up/Put down with my daughter so there is minimal fussing and crying. Every time sleep goes south, we go back to it and within a couple of weeks we get back to normal (I think its usually a phase).
I used to let her cry a bit (sort of Ferber-y) but the more I think about it, the more I think that its unproductive for her and sends the wrong message to her that "we're not there when you need us."
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@mrsrugbee: Every baby's different. Pick up/put down would be a disaster with my son. Once I pick him up if I try to put him back down while he's awake he starts screaming. And personally, I feel that If I pick up my baby every time he cries in the crib it sends him the wrong message that he doesn't have to sleep there and that I'll soothe him to sleep ad nauseum.
Sleep training is about helping them learn to soothe themselves, not that we're not there for them
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we had to revert back to CIO with checks. it usually was done in one nights though.
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@ShootingStar: like any sleep training, its always going to be brutal the first few times you do it. I can definitely sympayhise with what your saying. My daughter is a tension gainer and has never fallen asleep on her own after crying. She'd sooner throw up and then I have a bigger hyperventilating mess to deal with. I'm certain if I CIO with her, it would affect her attachment.
For what its worth, since the beginning, I've always told my daughter what's going on. "Mommy will be back in __ minutes" when I leave or "its time to go to bed" before putting her down. I think shes definitely understanding dome parts
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The first time we sleep trained Char, she was about a year old and we had to go with extinction, because everytime we did checks, she would just get more pissed. It took about 3-4 days, with days 1 and 2 being the hardest (cried for almost 2 hours both nights).
When we re-sleep trained at 23 months, we tried extinction again and it SUCKED. then we tried checks on a whim after the 2nd night, and it only took 2 or 3 checks for her to fall asleep! i think she she was older, she understood what we were saying (rubbing her back, telling her it was time to go to sleep and we would play in the morning) and didn't put up a fight.
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