mrmovie1983
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So here's my situation: FTM to an amazing little boy who will be 9 months on the 11th. Since his 4/5 month sleep regression where he went 7-9 hours sleeping straight without waking, he has been refusing to sleep in his crib (playpen with mattress) and waking up every 1-3 hours in the night. We have been cosleeping since December. Which is great except that after putting him to sleep at 7, he wakes up every 5-45 minutes until I go to bed (preferably at 10, but if he wakes up at 9:30 or later I just go to bed then). All naps are contact naps-he's down to two naps most days that are between 45 minutes to 2+ hours.
Otherwise you know, things are going pretty well. He was having, I'm assuming the 8 month sleep regression, and he was up every hour for almost a week. And this waking up multiple times before I come to bed has only started the past month or so. I was telling my cousin about this and she recommended me to her friend who is a nurse who took a sleep consultant course. It's through WeeSleep. I hadn't considered sleep training before now because I really don't want any kind of cry it out. Whether it's one minute, 10 minutes or an hour. I asked her if her method included letting him cry and she has several answers: "no", "there are no sleep training methods that have zero crying", and "there will be times of 'protest'." To me "protest" is sales person speak for crying but not calling it crying...?
Anyway, she is guaranteeing that my little guy will be sleeping 10-12 hours at night without waking up. BUT, I have to follow her directions exactly, which include moving him to his crib in his own room.
Please let me know what you think of my concerns:
-I was planning to have him in my room until at least a year old, which I read was recommended for SIDS prevention, and it makes me sad to have him so far away
-He is exclusively breastfed (+BLW solids), but has always only nursed when going to sleep for the night or naps and throughout the night. With only having two naps in the day now, I am concerned about how much milk will be cut from his intake (he also has always refused a bottle).
-Selfishly, I will miss him and the nighttime cuddles. But I also worry that I am doing him a disservice on not helping him to sleep better at night.
-A part of me feels like I'm not being the mother I want to be if I'm not "right there" when he wakes up during the night or naps.
On the other hand, I feel like it will improve my relationship with my husband if we could all sleep better and have some alone time or relaxing time in the evening.
What do you think? Have you used WeeSleep or another sleep training method that you recommend? Am I crazy to think there might be a sleep training method without crying?
Thank you all so much!!
Otherwise you know, things are going pretty well. He was having, I'm assuming the 8 month sleep regression, and he was up every hour for almost a week. And this waking up multiple times before I come to bed has only started the past month or so. I was telling my cousin about this and she recommended me to her friend who is a nurse who took a sleep consultant course. It's through WeeSleep. I hadn't considered sleep training before now because I really don't want any kind of cry it out. Whether it's one minute, 10 minutes or an hour. I asked her if her method included letting him cry and she has several answers: "no", "there are no sleep training methods that have zero crying", and "there will be times of 'protest'." To me "protest" is sales person speak for crying but not calling it crying...?
Anyway, she is guaranteeing that my little guy will be sleeping 10-12 hours at night without waking up. BUT, I have to follow her directions exactly, which include moving him to his crib in his own room.
Please let me know what you think of my concerns:
-I was planning to have him in my room until at least a year old, which I read was recommended for SIDS prevention, and it makes me sad to have him so far away
-He is exclusively breastfed (+BLW solids), but has always only nursed when going to sleep for the night or naps and throughout the night. With only having two naps in the day now, I am concerned about how much milk will be cut from his intake (he also has always refused a bottle).
-Selfishly, I will miss him and the nighttime cuddles. But I also worry that I am doing him a disservice on not helping him to sleep better at night.
-A part of me feels like I'm not being the mother I want to be if I'm not "right there" when he wakes up during the night or naps.
On the other hand, I feel like it will improve my relationship with my husband if we could all sleep better and have some alone time or relaxing time in the evening.
What do you think? Have you used WeeSleep or another sleep training method that you recommend? Am I crazy to think there might be a sleep training method without crying?
Thank you all so much!!