Sleep Training (CIO) Feedback

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Obiwan

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Thank you Southside852 for recommending the sleep fairy to us!

We started our baby (8 months) on the Extinction method 5 days ago, here's the feedback so far.

The key was to manage
1. Time we would ideally like the baby to wake up, and work backwards to get the time we will have to put her to bed
2. Time between the last nap and the sleeping time
3. Sleep routine
4. CIO methods

The sleep routine has worked like magic for the past 5 nights. Took 30 minutes in total, and she goes to sleep without tear, 100% success rate.

On Day 1, she woke up in the middle of the night, cried for 20 minutes, upon which we offered some milk, and after that she cried for another 17 minutes and went to sleep.

On Day 2, she woke up middle of the night, cried for 7 minutes, and slept through the night.

On Day 3, she slept through the night.

On Day 4, she woke up middle of the night cried for 1 minute, and slept through the night.

On Day 5, she woke up middle of the night, cried for 2 minutes and slept through the night.

During the crying, except for Day 1, we did not enter the room. So far other than intense crying on the first night, she still wakes up and whimpers in the middle of the night, some times crying a little, but has been able to put herself back to sleep pretty quickly.

Tonight is Day 6. Fingers crossed, at the end of 14 days, I will feel more comfortable to say that we have finally got the problem solved :milestone
 
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Hi Obiwan - so you used the sleep fairy and she taught you this method? I think I need to get some professional sleep help for my 13 month old. I'm just not sure if I should do it now or after my 2 week trip to Europe at the end of the month. I kind of figure his sleep routine will get messed up when we are in Europe so why train him now and then again when he gets back.....

how did you get in touch with the sleep fairy if you did use her?
 
Thanks so much for sharing that Obiwan! I am currently using those same methods for my 8 month old (just through general research). I'm really glad you found something that works! Just curious about number 2 - what time do you put her to bed now and when is the time for her last wake up from nap before bed?
 
We had done similar before, from reading and what we have heard others do, but nothing really worked out until we spoke with the sleep fairy southside852 recommended. She basically listened to what we have done, and made changes and tweaks.

For eg, we adjusted our sleep time, we allowed our girl to sleep in the evening (previously no nap after 4pm), we had a timing for CIO etc.

She now goes to bed at about 9.30pm, depending on what time she has her last nap.
 
great to hear that things are going well! Tammy (the sleep fairy) is wonderful and am I am glad she's helped you and your family get your sleep back!!! :)
 
5 days so far ladies, and it's not perfect yet!! :)

But things have definitely improved, so i'm immensely grateful!

Ideally, I would like her to wake up later, and sleep earlier haha.
 
Now she sleeps from 9.00/9.30 to 6am on her own without us needing to tend to her at night, so I have nothing to complain about :) Hooray!!

Keep it up my little girl!!
 
Thanx for sharing your experience Obiwan. My 2 yr old has a very bad sleep routin. Can you please give me her contact details and her fees.
thanks in advance
 
Yes, that's how Tammy helped us too with our situation. The first 4-5 nights we exaggerated my son's bedtime to 9pm. It's naturally moved earlier to 8:30pm. He sleeps until 6:15am straight and has slept until 6:45pm a few mornings. It's an amazing feeling to put your child down, close the gate (in our case) and walk right out without a cry or a "mommy." I feel so great and refreshed having a solid 7-8 hrs of uninterrupted sleep.....

Sleep Fairy rules! :)
 
Who is the sleep fairy? Our nights are pretty good, but we're still struggling with naps. How is your LO doing Lisainhk? Our little one is only waking once at night now for a feed. She is now 4 months old.
 
Good to hear that she is doing better Banane! Baylee had a terrible day today but I think he was sick (diarrhea and teething pain I think...). Generally after I had to let him cry it out a week ago he been really good with going to bed easily. He still wakes for a feed once or sometimes twice but that is over a 10 hour period so it's ok. Plus I know that lots of people say that by his age (8 months) he shouldn't be needing a night time feed, I just worry that he does. He isn't a big baby at all and is still struggling to eat any solids at all so I don't want to eliminate the night feed until I am sure that he is eating enough in the day. Good luck everyone :)
 
obiwan gave the URL above for the Sleep Fairy. She's an American living in Singapore, but is currently back in the States finishing up her masters. She is taking appts though.

Plse do contact her if interested as she'll be honest and tell you if she can help you or not. She helped our family a great deal and sounds like Obiwan and hbw10 had good experiences with her as well.

[email protected]
 
Day 6, moved sleep time up by 15 minutes, no problem, slept through the night, but still waking up at 6am, looks like i have to adjust my wake up instead! :)
 
Obiwan - I see that the sleep fairy is based in Singapore (and now she is in the U.S.) How did you communicate with her and how did you pay her for her services? Thanks.
 
Obiwan said:
Day 6, moved sleep time up by 15 minutes, no problem, slept through the night, but still waking up at 6am, looks like i have to adjust my wake up instead! :)
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Obiwan, 6am is fantastic. That's my target these days especially since we had a long spate of 5ams with not wanting to go back to sleep! Great job in sticking to your plan - we are still trying to work out my 9-month-old's sleeping and I found that not going in for the night wakings worked better than going in as he would get so much more agitated whenever he saw us.
 
Yes Bumbeeno, exactly right. We don't go in at night and she starts crying less and less and settles back to sleep within a couple of minutes. She still wakes up between 5.40am to 5.50am, but we do not go in and get her until after 6am. I also suspect the waking is due to the sun shining in, black-outs may help.
 
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