Sleep training any thoughts

[Candymanmummy]

Hi I'm a mummy of a 6 month old. He's always a bad sleeper since birth. I'm stressing ova whether to do sleep training with him. I can't do 'drowsy but awake' he won't play ball with that. Is it necessary to sleep train? Naps are half hour 4 times a day which he seems happy with. Please any advice wud be grateful. My head is about to explode and need to stop worrying. X

Sleep training personally saved my life and sanity. Getting to sleep with my partner in my own bed ALL night and waking up with happy babies has just made my life so much nicer.

At baby sleep made simple I learned there are no bad sleepers and ANY baby can learn to sleep well. I used to think my baby was a bad sleeper but it turns out, all he needed was just some guidance and the perfect method for his temperament.

You can always reach out to them via Instagram, they're very responsive:
www.instagram.com/babysleepmadesimple/

Good luck, mama ❤

Cat naps at 6 months old are completely normal. My DD used to do several 30 min naps. Now she's 10 months, we are down to 2 naps and they are usually hour to hour and a half long.
It does get better.
You don't have to sleep train, babies know how to sleep but they often need comfort/food.
Drowsy but awake is an awful idea for most parent a because they baby just wakes up, it's impossible.
There are quite a lot of Instagram pages you can follow that help with normal infant sleep and don't promote sleep training which can be quite distressing.
Check out:
Fox and the moon infant sleep
Little best sleep
Second star to the right sleep
Hey sleepy baby

All of these pages are brilliant. It will get better on its own x

I've got 2 girls. I haven't done the traditional sleep training.

Always feed to sleep. From around 6 months Id leave them asleep upstairs. Go to them in every wake up. Feed to sleep again. Both from around 9 months went into their own room. Still fed to sleep. Put in cot asleep, if they woke id shhh and pat then back to sleep. If that failed, feed to sleep again. Repeat.

From around 10 months if they woke in the night, id leave them 2 mins, giving them the chase to go back to sleep. Though I could tell in the 1st minute if they needed me or whether they'd go back down by themselves. Obviously if I knew they needed me I'd go straight away. Never left them repeatedly, (not until toddlers and messing around.) never let them cry for more than a few minutes. And only ever one time a night.

DD1 gradually slept through from 9 months. By 12 months sleeping through unless poorly.

DD2 randomly started sleeping through just after she turned 1. And does most nights. (She's 14 months).

Personally I couldn't leave them repeatedly for 10/15/however many minutes. I know this wouldn't work for my girls. Then being upset doesn't help them to sleep.

Oh thank u so much. I've just read so much stuff and just thought that I had done sonething wrong. Feeling alot better now

Thank you for this!