Anybody else try sleep training their kids?

[DenverCountryBoy]

Stick with it. It works. First kid took a week. Second kid, two nights.

If you still are doing night feedings, this is a game changer.

Portable Travel Baby Bottle and Food Warmer

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Fill with boiling water at bed time. Put pre-made bottles in a minicooler with icepack. Keep both in the nursery. It saves a couple minutes and a trip to the kitchen. It might not seem like much, but it gets everyone back to sleep quicker.

 

[KBC]

So I guess I'm the odd one... Efff that. My kids go to sleep fine. The oldest, 9 and the youngest, almost 3. The youngest ends up in our bed at some point in the night but neither of them ever had to scream to get back to sleep.

If my kids are so upset they scream, I want them to know I will be there for them.

If my youngest wakes and is upset, all we have to do is move her into our bed and she's out in less than a minute. We could spend a bunch of time and grief waiting for her to fall back asleep but what's the point?

Besides, time is short and spending a lot of it cuddling your kids when they are young is not wasted.

 

[DavePwns]

Lol yes, we had very little sleep then found takingcarababies.com for researched based education and videos on how to get those cranky little ones to sleep. After watching the videos legit only took us 2 nights to train our 10 month old to go from 1-2 hours of sleep before waking up and crying to a legit 8- 10 hours. The first night was very hard however but totally worth it. Basically it tought my daughter that she can sleep safely without us in the room. Worth every penny because sleep is that valuable

 

[jolemons]

Lol yes, we had very little sleep then found takingcarababies.com for researched based education and videos on how to get those cranky little ones to sleep. After watching the videos legit only took us 2 nights to train our 10 month old to go from 1-2 hours of sleep before waking up and crying to a legit 8- 10 hours. The first night was very hard however but totally worth it. Basically it tought my daughter that she can sleep safely without us in the room. Worth every penny because sleep is that valuable

My wife did this plan as well with amazing results.

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[jip40]

My wife did this plan as well with amazing results.

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My wife found the same and it worked. The price was hard to swallow, but worth it in the end.

 

[HawkeyeHunter]

Hang in there. The first night hearing them cry is tough but it gets easier and shorter and before you know it, everyone is sleeping much better. Also, get into a routine around the same time schedule. That structure will be a major help as well

 

[5MilesBack]

We just made sure that they were all far enough away from our bedroom that we couldn't hear them. We also sleep with an air cleaner which covers noise as well. But in the end, I don't think they really had any issues sleeping either way. If they've been changed and fed, they sleep "like a baby". All three of ours were like that.

 

[Crowmangler]

I recommend getting this book....

 

[missjordan]

Yes my son is 6 months old and i weaned my way into sleep training and he sleeps at night like a champ. I struggled with the naps for the longest time. Lot of people talk about the “Taking Cara Babies” course or Moms on call as being a good investment but they are kind of expensive to buy into. You can find all the information you need just my searching the Internet. There is some great sleep training support groups on Facebook that i follow and have been helpful to. “Sleep training support group” is the one i am apart of and there is one for take cara babies that’s open to everyone

 

[Squincher]

yeah I’m about ready to send my wife out for this, it’s hard enough for me but she’s really struggling. Glad to hear it works, I was kinda worried I was doing this to my kid because some blogger said our kid should be sleep trained

You tell your wife how to take care of her children? Does she tell you how to knock out the mortgage and utility bills? Geez, dude, get with the times. It's 2021.

 

[WCB]

Short answer is yes it works. There are techniques and gizmos and gadgets but we wanted to do it without anything specific like a noise machine etc. That way our baby didn't rely on it to fall asleep. The same with a pacifier at about 7 months we scrapped that whole thing. It works for us and out daughter. At the same time remember your sleep is as important so if you baby wakes up in the middle of the night and won't go back to sleep....no shame in picking them up or bringing them to bed. You will find out as they get older when they are manipulating you because they know how to vs. natural manipulation need of a baby.

 

[WCB]

You tell your wife how to take care of her children? Does she tell you how to knock out the mortgage and utility bills? Geez, dude, get with the times. It's 2021.

Your telling someone how to manage their relationship without knowing anything about them....Geez, dude.....it is his kid also and raising a kid is a team sport. My wife has told me things to stop doing with our daughter and I have kindly done the same. Get with the times. It's 2021.

To the OP: My wife had a hard time with it and for the most part I let her do her thing because I think her instincts are more powerful than mine on the baby situation. But, at times I had to and still kind of had to push her to let go a little. The crying themselves to sleep/self soothing was one. She went out of state hunting for a full week when our girl was 5 months old. While she was gone magically the baby slept through the night and only slept with me part of one night....at least that is what I told her when she was gone.

The first night back the baby woke up and was crying not 30 minutes after being put down...I stopped my wife from going and getting her and told her just lay there for 5 or 10 minutes and see what happens. Right about at my wife's breaking point there was silence...baby a sleep. My wife kind of looked at me and I just said..."that is what she did when you were gone."

 

[DINforlife]

My wife and I have a ten month old and started sleep training her at 2 months. We started with the Mom’s On Call schedule then switched over to the routine suggested by TakingCaraBabies and had excellent success with it. The first week or two of any sleep training is a bit stressful but is totally worth it once it takes. Hang in there!

 

[gbflyer]

Both our boys slept well. Actually, good sleep is probably the only reason we haven’t thrown the 13 year old one back yet.

Stay with it. It’s so important for you and more importantly momma that the child sleeps at night.

 

[brsnow]

Teething and daylight savings are typically fun

 

[KsRancher]

Maybe my wife and I are the odd ones out here. But since the day we came home from the hospital, our bedtime was their bedtime. If they got up in the night needing a diaper change or fed, we did that. And then it was back to bed. Never had any issues. When bedtime came, if they weren't tired they laid there till they were. If they got up early, they laid/played there till time to get up. Was really pretty easy. Now they are 14yrs/11yrs/6yrs old and pretty much dont have any trouble bedtime or getting up to go to school. We dont even give the 14yr and 11yr old boys a "bedtime". If you get enough sleep to get up on your own and dont complain about being tired. They usually go to sleep between 10:00-10:30 and up at 6:00.

 

[Squincher]

Your telling someone how to manage their relationship without knowing anything about them....Geez, dude.....it is his kid also and raising a kid is a team sport. My wife has told me things to stop doing with our daughter and I have kindly done the same. Get with the times. It's 2021.

To the OP: My wife had a hard time with it and for the most part I let her do her thing because I think her instincts are more powerful than mine on the baby situation. But, at times I had to and still kind of had to push her to let go a little. The crying themselves to sleep/self soothing was one. She went out of state hunting for a full week when our girl was 5 months old. While she was gone magically the baby slept through the night and only slept with me part of one night....at least that is what I told her when she was gone.

The first night back the baby woke up and was crying not 30 minutes after being put down...I stopped my wife from going and getting her and told her just lay there for 5 or 10 minutes and see what happens. Right about at my wife's breaking point there was silence...baby a sleep. My wife kind of looked at me and I just said..."that is what she did when you were gone."

It's all so hard to keep up with. Where are we now? Equal partners or she-ain't-need-no-man?

 

[rclouse79]

I would recommend shifting your point of view to the kid being the sadistic a-hole for not letting you get any sleep. It won't take long to get them on a schedule and everyone will be happier.

 

[Squincher]

I would recommend shifting your point of view to the kid being the sadistic a-hole for not letting you get any sleep. It won't take long to get them on a schedule and everyone will be happier.

That right there is the kind of outside the box thinking that gets things done.

 

[JCohHTX]

The book "12 hours by 12 weeks" worked well for all three of my little ones.