@pz128 There are so many things you can do to optimise sleep without CIO.
I have never formally sleep trained my nearly 7mo, but she sleeps through the night and has started to take cot naps. We used to rock to sleep but gradually faded that out over 6 weeks due to my slipped disc.
It's taken A LOT of effort, time and patience but it is possible.
I would post your full schedule and routine to try and get as much useful info.
Things that have helped us are:
1) waking up at a consistent time since 5 months. This is usually 11 hours after bedtime
2) contact napping in day to ensure she isn't overtired and gets 3 to 3.5 hours of sleep. Only in the last week have we tried nap 1 in cot
3) following age appropriate wake windows. At 6mo, we were at 2/2.25/2
5/2.5
4) optimising calories during day. Adding in solids and BF every 3 hours as a minimum
5) strong bedtime routine since 3mo of age
6) limiting reverse cycling
My husband is a paediatrician and works 13 hour days. He still used to do 3 out of 4 nights with baby
I have never formally sleep trained my nearly 7mo, but she sleeps through the night and has started to take cot naps. We used to rock to sleep but gradually faded that out over 6 weeks due to my slipped disc.
It's taken A LOT of effort, time and patience but it is possible.
I would post your full schedule and routine to try and get as much useful info.
Things that have helped us are:
1) waking up at a consistent time since 5 months. This is usually 11 hours after bedtime
2) contact napping in day to ensure she isn't overtired and gets 3 to 3.5 hours of sleep. Only in the last week have we tried nap 1 in cot
3) following age appropriate wake windows. At 6mo, we were at 2/2.25/2
5/2.5
4) optimising calories during day. Adding in solids and BF every 3 hours as a minimum
5) strong bedtime routine since 3mo of age
6) limiting reverse cycling
My husband is a paediatrician and works 13 hour days. He still used to do 3 out of 4 nights with baby