snapdragons_
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Just wanted to share our success with using the method from Kim West’s book Good Night Sleep Tight.
A few weeks ago I was scouring this sub for any success stories I could find with more gentle/gradual sleep training methods after we bailed on Ferber after one night (or should I say 4 minutes).
I’ll say this though about our Ferber experience. It gave me really valuable info about my baby. When I left the room he was crying like he never had before in his life - hyperventilating, choking on his spit, it was horrible. When I went in for our first check in at 3 minutes he was calm with in 2 minutes and when I left again that’s when it escalated past even remotely tolerable. This experience definitely showed me that my son needed a more gentle/gradual approach as it was my leaving the room that escalated him. I know a lot of babies are triggered by having their parents in the room during sleep training so I felt this was valuable info as it informed what method we decided to go with instead.
Anyways, here are my notes as I found other people’s detailed experiences really helpful when I was researching sleep training. Couple of details - my son is ten months old, he’d been unswaddled since 2 months, night weaned at 6 months and in his own room since 8 months. Prior to sleep training he was waking every hour or two (6+ times a night) and needing to be rocked back to sleep. It was unbearable. Any way without further ado:
Chair Method/SLS
12/4 Night 1 (Position 1)
-in crib at 7:48, out at 8:35 (47 mins)
~9.5 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 6:01 AM
12/5 Night 2 (Position 1)
-in crib at 7:00, out at 7:23 (23 mins)
~7.5 hours, ~2.5 hours
-1 wake (67 mins)
-rise at 6:26 AM
12/6 Night 3 (Position 1)
-in crib at 7:00, out at 7:04 (4 mins)
~7 hours, ~2 hours, ~1.5 hours
-2 wakes (19 mins, 4 mins)
-rise at 5:27 AM
12/7 Night 4 (Position 2)
-in crib at 7:05, out at 7:10 (5 mins)
~3.5 hours, ~7 hours, ~1 hour
-2 wakes (3 mins, 38 mins)
-rise at 7:00 AM
12/8 Night 5 (Position 2)
-in crib at 7:22, out at 7:27 (5 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 6:23 AM
12/9 Night 6 (Position 2)
-in crib 7:02, out at 7:06 (4 mins)
~9.5 hours, ~1.5 hours
-1 wake (10 mins)
-rise at 6:33 AM
12/10 Night 7 (Position 3)
-in crib 6:50, out at 7:11 (21 mins)
~10 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 5:19 AM
12/11 Night 8 (Position 3)
-in crib 7:05, out at 7:21 (16 mins)
~2.5 hours, ~1 hour, ~6.5 hours
-2 wakes (3 mins, 11 mins)
-rise at 5:54 AM
12/12 Night 9 (Position 3)
-in crib 6:43, out at 7:03 (23 mins)
~9.5 hours, ~1.5 hours
-1 wake (3 mins)
-rise at 5:56 AM
12/13 Night 10 (Position 4)
-in crib 7:27, out at 7:45 (18 mins)
~9 hours, ~0.5 hours
-1 wake (75 mins)
-rise at 6:26AM
12/14 Night 11 (Position 4)
-in crib 6:50, out at 7:01 (11 mins)
~10.5 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 5:22AM
12/15 Night 12 (Position 4)
-in crib 7:33, out at 7:42 (9 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 6:25AM
12/16 Night 13 (Independent)
-in crib 6:48, out at 6:56 (8 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 5:45AM
12/17 Night 14 (Independent)
-in crib 6:41, out at 6:55 (14 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 5:35AM
12/18 Night 15 (Independent)
-in crib 6:55, out at 7:09 (14 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 6:05AM
A few more details for context - we put the baby in the crib after doing our bedtime routine of (1) pajamas and night dipe (2) read 3 books (3) bottle (4) gas med (5) sleepsack (6) lights out and white noise on (7) rock 5 mins
Also when I say “wakes” above I mean that’s how many times he woke up upset enough for me to go in and do the process over. Even on 0 wake nights there were still times he woke up and whined for a few minutes before falling back asleep.
Okay! This probably a boring over share but I hope it helps someone desperately typing ‘chair method’ into the search bar after an awful night.
A few weeks ago I was scouring this sub for any success stories I could find with more gentle/gradual sleep training methods after we bailed on Ferber after one night (or should I say 4 minutes).
I’ll say this though about our Ferber experience. It gave me really valuable info about my baby. When I left the room he was crying like he never had before in his life - hyperventilating, choking on his spit, it was horrible. When I went in for our first check in at 3 minutes he was calm with in 2 minutes and when I left again that’s when it escalated past even remotely tolerable. This experience definitely showed me that my son needed a more gentle/gradual approach as it was my leaving the room that escalated him. I know a lot of babies are triggered by having their parents in the room during sleep training so I felt this was valuable info as it informed what method we decided to go with instead.
Anyways, here are my notes as I found other people’s detailed experiences really helpful when I was researching sleep training. Couple of details - my son is ten months old, he’d been unswaddled since 2 months, night weaned at 6 months and in his own room since 8 months. Prior to sleep training he was waking every hour or two (6+ times a night) and needing to be rocked back to sleep. It was unbearable. Any way without further ado:
Chair Method/SLS
12/4 Night 1 (Position 1)
-in crib at 7:48, out at 8:35 (47 mins)
~9.5 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 6:01 AM
12/5 Night 2 (Position 1)
-in crib at 7:00, out at 7:23 (23 mins)
~7.5 hours, ~2.5 hours
-1 wake (67 mins)
-rise at 6:26 AM
12/6 Night 3 (Position 1)
-in crib at 7:00, out at 7:04 (4 mins)
~7 hours, ~2 hours, ~1.5 hours
-2 wakes (19 mins, 4 mins)
-rise at 5:27 AM
12/7 Night 4 (Position 2)
-in crib at 7:05, out at 7:10 (5 mins)
~3.5 hours, ~7 hours, ~1 hour
-2 wakes (3 mins, 38 mins)
-rise at 7:00 AM
12/8 Night 5 (Position 2)
-in crib at 7:22, out at 7:27 (5 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 6:23 AM
12/9 Night 6 (Position 2)
-in crib 7:02, out at 7:06 (4 mins)
~9.5 hours, ~1.5 hours
-1 wake (10 mins)
-rise at 6:33 AM
12/10 Night 7 (Position 3)
-in crib 6:50, out at 7:11 (21 mins)
~10 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 5:19 AM
12/11 Night 8 (Position 3)
-in crib 7:05, out at 7:21 (16 mins)
~2.5 hours, ~1 hour, ~6.5 hours
-2 wakes (3 mins, 11 mins)
-rise at 5:54 AM
12/12 Night 9 (Position 3)
-in crib 6:43, out at 7:03 (23 mins)
~9.5 hours, ~1.5 hours
-1 wake (3 mins)
-rise at 5:56 AM
12/13 Night 10 (Position 4)
-in crib 7:27, out at 7:45 (18 mins)
~9 hours, ~0.5 hours
-1 wake (75 mins)
-rise at 6:26AM
12/14 Night 11 (Position 4)
-in crib 6:50, out at 7:01 (11 mins)
~10.5 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 5:22AM
12/15 Night 12 (Position 4)
-in crib 7:33, out at 7:42 (9 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 6:25AM
12/16 Night 13 (Independent)
-in crib 6:48, out at 6:56 (8 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 5:45AM
12/17 Night 14 (Independent)
-in crib 6:41, out at 6:55 (14 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 5:35AM
12/18 Night 15 (Independent)
-in crib 6:55, out at 7:09 (14 mins)
~11 hours
-0 wakes
-rise at 6:05AM
A few more details for context - we put the baby in the crib after doing our bedtime routine of (1) pajamas and night dipe (2) read 3 books (3) bottle (4) gas med (5) sleepsack (6) lights out and white noise on (7) rock 5 mins
Also when I say “wakes” above I mean that’s how many times he woke up upset enough for me to go in and do the process over. Even on 0 wake nights there were still times he woke up and whined for a few minutes before falling back asleep.
Okay! This probably a boring over share but I hope it helps someone desperately typing ‘chair method’ into the search bar after an awful night.