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Sleep Training

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desparate4sleep · 22/05/2019 09:57

Baby is 9 months, since 4 months she has been waking every 30mins and needed to be BF to sleep. We tried co-sleeping which allowed me to get some sleep but it's no longer working.

I started gentle sleep training on Monday (shhh pat technique). It actually worked so much better than I expected, she still woke every 30 mins but every time she went back to sleep with the technique.

However, I got literally no sleep because as soon as I would start to drift off she would wake.

Felt like a zombie all day but needed to keep going so tried again last night and the same happened again and I gave in at 3am as I needed to sleep.

Feeling so disappointed in myself that I couldn't do it and all that distress I put my DD through was wasted and if I do try again she now knows that I will give I eventually.

I don't know whether to abandon it or try again tonight. I wonder if she is always going to wake at 30minutes? Has anyone been through similar?

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Readytogogogo · 24/05/2019 13:10

How did it go last night? We did similar sleep training and it did work for us. It's so hard however when they cry, and you must be exhausted!

desparate4sleep · 24/05/2019 23:55

Hi @Readytogogogo thanks for replying. I tried again the next night (wed) and she slept the best she has in months she did two stints of 3 hours (miracle). Thought I'd cracked it but took a few steps back last night and she woke pretty much every hour.

Tonight is ok so far but somehow I can't get to sleep...

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