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  • Is 2 months too early to sleep train? I was reading Weissbluth's book and I can't seem to figure it out from his book. Man, that book is confusing!

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    11.12.09, 12:22 PM [ Flag ]

    • WAY too early. you can start your bedtime routine then, but your kid still needs to eat on demand.

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      11.12.09, 12:23 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • WAY too early indeed! My feeling is that sleep training any earlier is essentially child abuse. How on earth do we know how long children can go without getting hungry. It's pure speculation.

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        11.12.09, 12:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I would talk to your pediatrician about whether or not your dc needs to eat through the night - I sleep trained my ds at 14 weeks, pediatrician told me at that he no longer nutritionally needed to be fed through the night. Each child is different.

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      11.12.09, 12:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Yes. Way too early. They say not until 6 months.

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      11.12.09, 12:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Good God, YES. Weissbluth states this very clearly in this book.

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      11.12.09, 12:28 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I agree - that book is not written well at all. I read some of the book, then found this link on the web: http://www.ehow.com/how_2107237_use-weissbluth-sleep-training-method.html fwiw, my ped said a baby can at 2-3mos go 12 hours w/o eating - but I think you need to do what you are comfortable with and what works for your db. GL!

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      11.12.09, 12:30 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Sleep train, yes. But if your db is crying all evening and waking several times during the night Weissbluth can help. I read it when my db became "collicky" at 6-7 weeks. Moved bedtime to 6:00 and let him cry for 2 minutes (which seemed like hours but I watched the clock). It was wonderful and changed everything.

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      11.12.09, 12:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • We started at 9 weeks and had him sleeping at least 11 hours at night by 14 weeks. Used "12 hours sleep by 12 weeks old" by suzi giordano. Everyone I know who used the methods I the book had sleeping babies by 15 weeks or less. Even mom with twins.

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      11.12.09, 12:35 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Too early. Feed your child - how hard is it?

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      11.12.09, 12:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • I don't entirely agree with the other posters here. While feeding on demand is totally appropriate, the "sleep training" that he talks about early on includes giving your baby the opportunity to sleep every couple of hours and beginning to notice how they behave when they are tired, not letting them get too overtired, etc. This should also include beginning to get a sleep "routine" in place. Early on, I always created a warm, dark and quite space and played or sang the same music when my dcs were showing signs of being tired. Both slept through the night by 5-6 months.

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      11.12.09, 12:51 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • That's diff than CIO, which is what I believe OP is asking about. You're talking about creating healthy sleep habits (hey, the book title!)

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        11.12.09, 12:58 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • OP Here: I'm not looking to have DC sleep the whole night through. I'm just trying to get him to self soothe and perhaps cry for a while to get to sleep on his own. I have no problem getting up and feeding him during the night.

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      11.12.09, 02:54 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • he;s really littel for teh crying part. nothing wrong wiht a bedtime routine adn trying to put him down awake -- some babies will drop off on their own pretty easily, some won't.

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        11.12.09, 02:57 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • OP: what if they don't go to sleep right away? I want to have him fuss and cry for a while to get him to go down on his own but is this too early for this?

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          11.12.09, 04:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • np: My db is 4mos. Around 2mos, I would feed and then put db in crib. Db would fall asleep on her own after about 10-15 minutes. The key with Weissbluth is the 2 or so hours awake - even now, after 2 hours I put baby down and she falls asleep on her own w/o crying. So up and down all day, but I really feel like db is happier when awake if she is well rested. Most times if I time it right, she doesn't even fuss, just kicks and babbles and then drifts off. Sometimes I miss the window and she is more fussy and wimpers a little, but eventually goes to sleep. GL

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            11.12.09, 04:59 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • too early.

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      11.12.09, 04:24 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Easy for me to say, I'm a guy, but nevertheless a father, so give me some credit here: I think people should rely a lot more on their natural instincts on these issues and a lot less on books. Each kid is different and YOU know YOUR kid way better than anyone else.

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      11.12.09, 04:52 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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