Sleep training...does it work?

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We have a 6m old baby who is currently up about 8/9 times a night. Not upset with no obvious needs, fed, not cold/warm upset. At this stage think it is habitual.

I said for so long I didn't want any sort of crying but after trying and failing with the very gentle methods I am thinking we need to try a very light version of the ferber method. Don't think I'll manage to leave him for any more than a minute or two.

Has anyone tried this and with any success?xxx

Sleep training works if you do it properly. No reason she can't go through the night at that age, but she needs the tools to do it - you and her dad need to be super consistent, but it can literally be instant progress. I delayed when mine regressed and I wish I hadn't - the first night she went from 6/7 wake ups to 1. Honestly you will thank yourself.

Sleep training doesn’t work for everyone just be aware of that. Worked on one of my kids but with the other it made him much worse.

Yes and no.
Short term yes. But he regressed 😂

Yes, there are so many threads like this. I feel for you OP, but lots of nutters on mn think you will be damaging your child and you should shush them to sleep until they're 18.
I think you need to wait until 6 months before you can sleep train. Of you don't want then to cry at all then you can do the gentle withdrawal method, it works but it takes a long time. I did a gentle method of ferber (3 min max), and my baby went to one wake up within a few days, then sleeping through for 12 hours by 9 months. It's called spaced soothing. Don't do CIO as that's much more full on where you basically leave them to cry on their own all night. The key is also consistency so pick something and stick to it or this will just be co fsuing for baby.
The routine during the day is critical as the day sleep affects the night sleep, if they are over tired or under tired they won't sleep properly at night.
Also don't feed to sleep, feed, then story or something, cuddle, then cot. Or whatever your bedtime routine is. Good luck!