Help me here. Does sleep training mean STTN or going to sleep in crib? DS sleeps good, but only in a sleep sack. When do you stop the sleep sack? I sent him to daycare without one when we started back, but he was not really napping until they started using one there.
Post by expatmama11 on Aug 28, 2016 14:50:39 GMT -5
lickwed My friend, who recommended the Sleep Sense program to me, used sleep sacks forever! It's part of her bedtime routine with her son. I don't think there is anything wrong with it at all. If he were swaddled it would be a different story but the sack isn't going to hurt him. I would compare it to a lovey or something similar to that.
We're back on track here after working on falling asleep on her own. We're down to one night feed and an occasional second wakeup, but *usually* this only takes a few minutes. Sometimes she gets hyped up with the standing though. I was laying her back down, but I think I've decided to ignore it and let her lay herself back down. It will be hard to wait it out, but I think she was turning it into a game. We've been doing a gradual phasing out, so tomorrow night is the first night I'll leave her in the room alone to fall asleep. It's freaking me out a bit, but I think it's time.
Post by obscurereference on Aug 28, 2016 15:39:04 GMT -5
Yes definitely no reason to stop sleep sacks yet! We use Halo sleep sacks and tried one with foot holes. I love the concept but the fabric sucked. We stopped using them when DS seemed annoyed with them and not being able to move around freely. About 18 months I think.
+ however many to Sleep Sacks. It's part of our routine. We'll keep using it until she gets mad that she can't move in it. She moves around so much when trying to get to sleep that a blanket makes me extremely nervous - it would probably be wrapped around her 3 times over.
We were awake most nights from 9-4 am with crying and screaming up to about two weeks ago. My husband went out and bought this electric ocean type aquarium that we attached to her crib, got rid of the sleep sacks and stopped rocking her to bed....all together. She now gets stories and three songs sung to her at night and put into the crib with a pacifier, a stuffed animal blanket thing and her aquarium turned on. From the first night of this reform she went right to sleep. She'll occasional my wake up but one of us waits 10 minutes and then goes on and shushes her softly, reapplies the pacifier and blankly and presses the button to the aquarium. We got so lucky that she responded to that. Now during the day I put her down for naps wide awake and I only have to go in once to south her.
It's so frustrating that there is no "one size fits all" approach to sleeping
Post by enigmaticdrscully on Aug 31, 2016 22:35:35 GMT -5
Well, I finally gave in and tried some strict limits with bedtime. Putting her down awake after nursing, being more consistent and cognizant of waiting longer times before going in to comfort her, and (biggest of all) not nursing in the MOTN. Last 2 nights of sleep have been her best two consecutive nights ever. FX that tonight will continue the pattern. Thanks for everyone's encouragement!
Not much of a sleep training advice but we used sleep sacks with DD well until she was almost 2. We stopped using them because she simply grew out of the XL and I didn't want to shell out money on the ones with the feet. LO sleeps with a sleep sack on for all naps and night time.
Thanks, everyone. Part of my trouble is that there's very little between silence and full-blown screaming. And full-blown screaming often starts as soon as I put her down. She will get to a point where she is quiet for a few minutes, then cries out for 30 seconds, then quiet again, then cries out again. Maybe that's what we should aim for.
The intermittent cries is what Iz does, she's such a busy kid she never wants to go to bed, there's always some fussing even when she's exhausted and falling asleep nursing. It's almost like the little cries are her last ditch efforts to keep herself awake and be busy.
Post by obscurereference on Sept 2, 2016 22:36:04 GMT -5
lickwed I don't think we really talked about your question about what sleep training is. I think it's a good question. Sleep training to me is simply teaching your kid to put themselves to sleep. It doesn't have to be in a crib, it doesn't have to involve crying, it can be whatever you want as long as your kid is learning how to put themselves to sleep.
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