I officially started sleep training my son last night and lemme tell you…it ain’t for the weak. I hesitated with sleep training because if I’m honest I really don’t like hearing my child cry. I understand that babies cry and sometimes they have a very good reason, but to let him cry himself to sleep when I’m right there and capable of helping him just seemed so cruel. I had to really change my mindset and look at it from a perspective of sleep being a skill he needs to learn.
Prior to last night when Aus was first born I just tried to focus on setting up a sleep routine, and we had a pretty good run for a while. Once we moved things really changed. We started co-sleeping on a more regular basis since his mini crib was getting small and soon that became the norm. The other night the Boss fell off the bed and that’s when I decided I would give sleep training the official go again. So last night was night one and it was so hard! Harder for me than for him I’m sure – but still hard nonetheless. I ended up purchasing the 4-24 month class from the peaceful sleeper and last night it definitely helped. I decided to use her modified cry-it-out approach in which she states that 95% of the thousands of babies she’s helped sleep train have fallen asleep in the 3 or 4th timer set (buy the course if you wanna know what I’m talking about 😏) and the Boss feel asleep during set 3. I’m super impressed for it being our first night, especially since I was ready to call it quits after the 15 minute time set. Regardless of that he did it.
I’m curious to see how tonight will go and these next few nights honestly. I have faith that he will do well; I just need to build myself up to be able to withstand the crying. I also have to get used to sleeping alone again. I haven’t slept in this bed alone since Austin and I moved back in with my parents. I think I might need a little sleep training myself. Pray for us ✌🏽
Xoxo,
Ash, RN