How long till sleep training works??

[shalaa]

after only getting 4hrs sleep the previous night on the suggestion of our health visitor we have started sleep training with our 8.5mth DS. Before we used to rock him and feed him to sleep but he was constantly waking in the night and couldn't settle himself. Tonight was our first attempt and he screamed himself hoarse complete with hyperventilating I stay in the room with him and talk soothingly but it's breaking my heart. How long did it take for your baby to settle themselves with sleep training??

worked for us in less than a week, good luck

If it's breaking your heart, don't do it. Life's too short.

but for the sake of a couple of days of stress you can get it sorted! give it a fair try at least, there is nothing worse than severe sleep deprivation

the thing is morning paper, after only 4 hrs sleep I had no patience with anyone and am getting quite worn down by it all. DS has never slept through the night so i really really want to crack this. He just can't settle himself when he wakes in the night or when he's tired. god this is horrid hope it only takes a few nights or i'm going to have a nervous breakdown! (He's now fast asleep and snoring )

i got a book from the library to inspire me. might be worth looking to see if yours has anything similar. its amazing how much strength you get from seeing something in print which says you are doing the right thing.

Oh it is hard. We saw improvement in a week, enough to continue, but it was some time after that before it was completely sorted. It was difficult, but I am sooo glad that we did it - my daughter definitely benefitted (and benefits) from consistently getting a good nights sleep, and being able to settle herself back to sleep, and so did we!
Good luck with it.

Shala ... please persever with your plan . It does work and it does get better, but you have to give DS the chance so do not stop and start as that is not giving him the right cues. It will seem like the hardest thing ever, but in the end, ALL of you will benefit . A happy family is one that has enough sleep !!!!

Well he seems to have gone down quicker with his evening/afternoon nap so hopefully this is going to work. If he gets too upset we pick him up and cuddle him and then put him down again and this seems to be working alot better. Thanks for all your suggestions!!

That's what we did with our 3 1/2 month old. After a week, we saw an improvement, after another week, perfection, then a set back, then not too bad again. Was heartbreaking for a few days, very stressful for another week and then now it is not too bad!! Good luck. My life is SO much better and my LO is SO much happier now he has decent daytime naps. He just smiles all day now.