Does sleep training work??

[SarahScone]

I’ve just posted separately about possible four month regression issues with DS.
It’s not been going on long enough yet for me to want to scrape our own eyeballs but can see that happy day looming.
With this in mind, for those of you who sleep trained (and I’m not necessarily talking CIO but keeping all cards on table for now), did it work? (And by work I mean did you get down to less than 3 wake ups per night)…

It worked for my 3 DC (no CIO), I think the earlier the better before it becomes the routine to wake up regularly during the night.

Yes very much so

To add to above - part of the training involved night weaning (at the right time) which was so helpful
it all worked text book with my first at 5/6 months
my 2nd was a law onto himself and just didn’t sleep until 7 ms then turned into a dream sleeper

I would say 4ms is too early to start properly, but as I said on your other post there are certain things you can start doing from the get go to help with good sleep habits

look up Taking Cara Babies. She can be a bit “much” but honestly saved my sanity..

Yes! You won't regret it. Spend the money and get a proper sleep consultant, it will be the best money you ever spend. Just note you can't do this until six months and it's not CIO which I think many people mistake it for (which is cruel!). It usually consists of a proper nap routine combined with something similar to the Ferber method, and requires a strict 2 week commitment to embed the new routine. You can google this, but the reason I'd recommend working with a sleep consultant (or a friend who's done it) is because it's not necessarily smooth sailing and babies are all different so it's good to have some support when things don't go as you might expect. My 9 month was suddenly sleeping 2-3 hours more during the day, and sleeping through the night for 12 hours. Game changer! Good luck 🙂

Yes it does. It's brilliant. I sleep trained both my children the eldest at 19 weeks and the second at 16 weeks. It was that or go mad from broken nights. They have been brilliant sleepers ever since.. Haven't suffered, are lovely well adjusted young people. Ignore the naysayers, the guilt trippers, the just put up with it people. They can put up with not sleeping but you don't have to

Yes it does work. We sleep trained at 6 months old as I was going back to work and was desperate for 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep so I could function at work, drive safely etc.. We didn’t do CIO, but our DS was waking up a couple of times in the night but then not drinking anything when we gave him a bottle. So we made sure he had plenty of milk at around 9pm, then when he woke crying we’d leave it for a couple of minutes before going in. Didn’t pick him up or speak but placed a hand on his chest so he had some physical touch from one of us. He’d settle, then if he woke again we’d leave him for 3 minutes rather than 2 before going in to see him. Then kept adding another minute each time over the nights. It didn’t even take a week for him to sleep through the night, waking up at 6am instead of at 1 and 4am, which was an absolute lifesaver. He’s 10 now and is a happy, confident child who has never had any issues with going to sleep. It was a game changer for us.

This is my experience too, it took a week for all three of them to sleep for 12 hours straight through.

It worked for DS, like a charm. He's 12 and has been brilliant ever since.

DD wasn't having any of it. She didn't sleep through until she was 4. Now she's 8 and is being a pain about bedtime, getting up several times. ☹️

Thanks @MermaidMummy06
did DD not take to sleep training at all? What did you try?