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is he going into the crib awake at night?

if so, then i would cry out the first wake up. you can do ferber checks at 5 min, 10 min, 15 min, but if it makes lo more hysterical, sometimes it's better not to go in. you pretty much leave them until they fall asleep on their own. hopefully it's not too long. charlie and olive were both really easy to night train and cried less than 20 min on and off.

then you repeat for the rest of the night wakings. we kept one middle of the night feeding, but they both dropped it on their own pretty quickly.

one thing that might be helpful to know is that babies have a strong shift in their sleep cycle at 4am, so a lot of babies wake up at that time.

also you might try a dream feed.... that might be helpful. we never did it but it does help some people so that the baby is waking up on your terms instead of when they come out of a sleep cycle.

good luck!

@Meggo5: just wanted to wish you luck! maybe you'll find if you move him out, when he's waking every hour he'll fall back asleep naturally? I know I slept wayyy lighter when LO was in our room and once he was in his crib I couldn't really hear him unless he was genuinely hungry (even though he was still waking up and making noise)

@Mrs. Bee: gotcha! That makes sense.