Sleep training / self sooth

[shannonhinton0421]

My baby is 5 and half month old. His sleep lately is sooo bad he literally wakes up every 30mond to an hour. After speaking to health visitor this morning she's as advised to start teaching him to self sooth by placing him in his cot and sitting next to him and patting him and rubbing him to let him know I'm there. If he cries pick him back up but don't let him go to sleep in my arms. Has anyone else tried this and did it work?

@shannonhinton0421

My baby is 5 and half month old. His sleep lately is sooo bad he literally wakes up every 30mond to an hour. After speaking to health visitor this morning she's as advised to start teaching him to self sooth by placing him in his cot and sitting next to him and patting him and rubbing him to let him know I'm there. If he cries pick him back up but don't let him go to sleep in my arms. Has anyone else tried this and did it work?

Update for today - he took his first nap without even crying once I lay him down went straight to sleep, second nap cried 3 times but picked him up comforted him lay him back and feel asleep on his own. I can't believe it! I think the thought of it was scarier than actually doing it. Hopefully tonight goes just as well

Good luck for tonight

@DominicRaabsTravelAgent

Good luck for tonight

Thank you I'm gonna need it lol

How did the night go?

My DS has a dummy and I'm thinking of ditching it this week (4mo) and thinking of using a similar technique to teach self soothe as right now he only really soothes with the dummy... which is fine, but he cries out if he wakes and the dummy isn't in!