Help sleep train a 15 month old

amother

Bronze

Mon, Dec 12 2016, 12:06 am

I'm nearly losing it from lack of sleep. My baby used to sleep 11 to 12 hrs , after a rough week with teething etc she doesn't sleep in her crib. I have to lie with her for hours until she falls asleep then is up 2 to 3 times a night. We're both exhausted. I tried to let her cry but she just won't stop . I went in every 10 minutes for 1.5 hours to give her pacifier then I gave up !I took her to dr nothing wrong bh help please.

allthingsblue

Mon, Dec 12 2016, 8:57 am

Another vote for Weissbluth's book.

Funny anecdote regarding the book: I ordered it from Amazon, perished through it and was not impressed so I wanted to return it. However, Amazon said they would refund the money but I could keep the book. I guess the return shipping costs weren't worth it for them. Well a few months later I decided to look at the book again... And this time it clicked. I read the whole book and used the method to sleep train my son. Took 3 nights of crying but soon he slept like... A baby! It only lasted until he learned how to climb out of his crib though.

amother

Red

Mon, Dec 12 2016, 1:55 pm

amother wrote:

Contact Sabrina at Baby sleep train. She really helped me!! babysleeptrain@gmail.com

amother

Bronze

Mon, Dec 12 2016, 2:00 pm

Yes, but she throws it out of the crib because she knows I will get it for her.
I know something needs to be done, but letting her cry is just so hard for me

lucky14

Mon, Dec 12 2016, 2:26 pm

amother wrote:

Yes, but she throws it out of the crib because she knows I will get it for her.
I know something needs to be done, but letting her cry is just so hard for me

First night we did (modified) cry it out I left the house (my husband was home) because I wanted to go into the room so badly. I went in a couple of times before that to reassure him that we were there, but it was time to sleep. It sounds like your baby is doing this in the middle of the night, so leaving may not be possible, but if you have a big house and can maybe go to a different part of it where the crying may not be as loud (so you wont be so tempted to go in) maybe this would help?

Btw my husband said my baby cried for like 15 minutes or so if I remember correctly and that was that... you can decide if you want to go in again if she hasn't stopped after a certain amount of time.

now if my baby wakes up in the middle of the night we just tell him it's time to go back to sleep and that's usually all he needs to go back down.

Lani22

Mon, Dec 12 2016, 2:54 pm

I just sleep trained my 13 month old. The only thing that worked was letting him cry without going in. Going in just made him cry harder and longer. It took about a week. The first few days he would throw up after a few minutes so I went in changed him the crib etc but put him right back in.... my baby is a different baby. He is so much happier bc he is sleeping soooo much better. I wish I would have done it months ago.

amother

Bronze

Tue, Dec 13 2016, 11:45 am

Lani22 wrote:

I took everyones advise last night and just put her in the crib. Took 1.5 hours for her to fall asleep I nearly lost my mind. I ended up taking a shower to drown out the crying I just couldnt deal ! Then she cried for about 25 minutes in middle of the night, I went in and gave her pacifier and put her back in. Was very hard to hear her cry but I'm determined.

Lets see how long this takes..

amother

Rose

Tue, Dec 13 2016, 12:29 pm