We've been sleep training for the past week, putting LO down awake in her crib for naps and nighttime, without letting her nurse to sleep. The naps have been hit or miss - some days she falls right asleep, other's she cries a lot before falling asleep. Nighttime is usually pretty good with minimal crying. What kills me though is when she wakes in the middle of the night. If she wakes before 5 hours I won't nurse her and we let her cry it out (as recommended by our ped). But hearing her cry at this time breaks my heart more than when we first put her down, because I just imagine her waking up in the dark, scared, crying for mommy. On the third night she didn't wake till after 5 hours so I thought she had learned. But the past two nights she's woken after 3 hours. If you have sleep trained before dropping all night feeds, how long did it take for your LO to stop waking before it's time to nurse?

Note: she used to go a 5 hour stretch every night before her 4 month-ish sleep regression. She's gone as long as 8 hours on several occasions. This is why I feel it's okay to not nurse her when she wakes at 3 hours.