Help, sleep trained baby no longer sleeping

[Han1234]

At 6 months I sleep trained my baby, I really wasn’t keen on the idea of it but I was running out of ideas as he had started to wake up on the hour every hour and nothing would work apart from BFing to sleep.

I did the check in every few mins method and after a week or so he was fine, and only crying for a few mins before sending himself to sleep… then eventually I was able to just pop him in the cot and leave, no tears and then he would drift off.

All of a sudden the past week (7 and a half months old) he has become absolutely hysterical at bed time and the putting him down awake has suddenly stopped working… not sure if it is becuase of developmental milestones as he’s started rolling over a lot so keeps rolling around and getting himself stuck in the cot but it just no longer works I have to get him in and out a few times and feed, rock etc back to old habits, or if I just try leave him the crying is so extreme I can’t do it it feels too cruel.

Has anyone else experienced this after sleep training?? And should you try to re sleep train?? Not sure what to do! I know everything seems to be a phase but I don’t want to go through the sleep training again if it may not work… just feels too cruel!

Thanks

It could be a sleep regression caused by the new skills as you say. I would just persevere for another couple of weeks, provide extra support but try to avoid creating new sleep props that might be difficult to drop. It may well settle down in a couple of weeks.

@SnackSizeRaisin thank you!

I have tonight tried staying in the room and shushing and patting til he fell asleep which has seems to of worked! As everytime I backed out the room he would get instantly really upset again. So hopefully the shush pats shouldn’t be too much of a prop for this regression! We shall see!

Hooray! That sounds hopeful. It takes about 3 nights to form a new habit so doing something as a one off shouldn't cause a problem, even if you do end up needing to rock or feed sometimes!

From my experience of 2 children o can tell you that their sleep habits change ALL the time, especially with your baby being SO young. So much is happening and changing and developing at that age and bad sleep and developmental progressions come hand in hand. I got through these phases by reminding myself it was always "a phase"... the good sleep will come back!
You can't get rid of a sleep regression, it will go when it's done so whether you need to do to make it easier for you I recommend so. That's the best advice I was ever given ♥️

Sleep training doesn't really work, some babies are more variable than others. You have to just roll with the changes.

I wouldn't sleep train again, personally, because it is as much bollocks second time as first!

Hope the phase passes quickly.

Hi, religious sleep trainer here. I have found that every so often you need to re do the sleep training. Babies and children naturally push at boundaries as part of their development and so reestablishing the bedtime etiquette is sometimes needed. Especially if there has been a change in their routine through a developmental milestone or illness.

Good luck!