Hi Mommies, here again with another query.How do you guys sleep train the babies mine is almost 2.5 months old and won't sleep on his bed and only has contact naps.
Although i enjoy those nap times but i am always occupied and sleep deprived as we all are with newborns he should be napping on his own.
Please help me what am i doing wrong also he keeps grunting.
Thanks in advance
Hi baby is still very little for sleep training but keep trying the cot persistence is the key, and soon a bit of a night time routine might help too, my daughter co slept with me until around 3 months until I was able to transition to the cot it is exhausting but co sleeping does mean you can also sleep. For day sleep maybe the pushchair when you know baby is sleepy to try and transition away from the contact naps. It’s exhausting but I’m sure you’re do an amazing job xxx
We slept trained my now 13 month old at 3 months, and it’s the best thing I ever did.
We used a Facebook group called ‘Respectful Sleep Training/Learning’ (Hopefully you can find it). They have guides on appropriate sleep training techniques and schedules etc. Highly recommend it 😊
The grunting was normal for us 🤣, but we also moved him into his own room as soon as we started sleep training and he starting sleeping through the night about a week later. Naps definitely took a lot more effort! x
I’d say too little for sleep training, we didn’t do it until in her own room at 5 months.
However we removed all contact naps, and our issue was trying to get her to nap in the cot and not the pram. You can try putting a top of yours under the sheet to make it smell like you. But it’s mainly just not giving in and sticking to your guns of in the cot. We would rock her to sleep then place her down with various results. Fair to say that rocking to sleep became a rod for our own backs in the end and at 5 months we did sleep training and it was the best thing we ever did.
Hiya, they don't advise any sleep training until 16 weeks, babies just can't do it developmentally before then. Then, when you start, my advice would be do some research into wake windows. It's been life changing for my babies. If you can put them down awake but when you know they're tired, in a dark room, with white or brown noise, you're setting up a good sleep environment so they can self settle. We also use pacifiers.Wake windows, if I remember right, are only about an hour, or hour and a half at that age. It's surprising how short they are!
My other advice would be to break any feed to sleep associations.
We follow eat, play, sleep with my babies so they're fed on waking up, then they play, then they're put down for a nap awake but sleepy at the right time. I havent had to let them cry it out, maybe just pop in the room and put their pacifier back in but they settle themselves otherwise.
Until they're old enough, all the other suggestions you've been given are good to use. Try to get your baby used to their cot etc and try to reduce contact naps. When mine were small and wouldn't sleep laying down, I'd occasionally let them nap in their bouncers, supervised the whole time, which I know isn't safe sleep advice but I needed them to sleep!
The first months with a newborn are crazy and intense. I'd also suggest getting as much help as possible at this stage. Is there someone who can take you baby out in the pram so you can sleep? Or can you do shifts with your partner. Taking care of you is so important and you must get sleep when you can! This phase will pass and soon you'll be on the other side, good luck
a wee bit early for sleep training but what you can maybe start to work on now is putting baby down sleepy but awake, dont let them fall asleep in your arms during feeds etc put them down in their cot if you see them starting to get sleepy and that way they get used to going to sleep in there and you don’t have to try and gently put them down asleep where they scream the minute you let go! I found white noise and a heartbeat sound teddy that projected lights also helped or something that rocks for day time naps. I also shushed and pay their tummy but didn’t pick them up unless their crying was the one that means they actually need something (regather than grumpy you have the audacity to put them down for a second) if you have one of those swinging chairs it was a good transition step for us too xx
Thanks all of you for taking the time to reply will try to use the suggestions given.
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