Comments on: Baby sleep battles

By: Luanne Stevens

Luanne Stevens — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:48:14 +0000

I know how you feel. I tried that technique with my daughter when she was a baby and older and it never worked. She would never stop screaming. I had to start rocking her to sleep in the rocking chair, but then when I carefully picked her up and put her in the crib, she would wake up and start screaming again. That didn’t work too good either, but that’s what I stuck with. I am glad you had such good luck. My daughter has always been strong-willed, even as a baby, and she can go on and on for hours non stop.

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:33:32 +0000

I didn’t know it was called the Ferber method, but after receiving your comment I looked it up. According to http://www.babycenter.com Ferber never designated an age in which to begin, but they suggest, “wait until your baby is physically and emotionally ready to sleep through the night, usually between 4 and 6 months of age.”

My goal was not to have her sleep through the night but to get her to fall asleep in her crib without me having to rock, sway, bounce, juggle kittens until she is in a deep enough sleep for me to carefully move her to the crib. I still go running to her at 2am when she needs to nurse.

Sophia was three and a half months when we started the technique and after eight days putting her to bed only involved about ten minutes of mild fussing before she fell asleep on her own and once she did it for bedtime nap time just fell into place. Anytime she starts showing signs of being sleepy I put her in her crib and she goes to sleep without protest. For us it has worked wonders, but last week in the “living with baby” class I go to I learned of another method. They told us about a book called, “The No-Cry Sleep Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Baby Sleep Through the Night” By Elizabeth Pantly in the class they said it would take longer than the method I used, but you don’t have to deal with the crying.

Good luck Joyce – I hope you find something that works for you and your baby.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:15:43 +0000

How old is Sophia? My baby is 11 weeks old. She has similar napping problem like Sophia. I read about the Ferber method but not sure if she is too young for me to try it.

By: Erica

Erica — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:59:05 +0000

Kimbery – I know we’re married but I’m not gonna feed you like *that* She’s not holding a grudge so I’m beginning to question if she’s really mine

Thanks for the comment Cassie we started at night 1) cause she had not slept all day that day and 2) cause we were going to move her bed time up two hours so that when she does go to sleep at her bed time we’ll have a two hour break from baby before our bedtime.

By: Cassie

Cassie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:16:44 +0000

I have 4 children and I used this method with all of them. I actually did the training during the day and was more lax at night (for the sake of my own sleep). Once they got the hang of it during the day, they just continued at night. My first born actually slept through the night at 4 weeks (way earlier than any of the others)!!!! It didn't take long before they would go to sleep with no fussing at all. Cassie's last blog post..No Time to Wash My Hair!!

By: kimberly

kimberly — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:25:00 +0000

I know some adults who could use a routine like this... *chuckle* It's great that she adjusted so quickly and seemingly easily. Does she still smile and coo at you all cute-like, or is she mad and holding a grudge? *wink* kimberly's last blog post..55 Flash Fiction Friday: Distance