Hi @Jessica – Thank you for writing to us about your 8 month old! It may indeed be time to sleep coach / sleep train your little guy, and start working on teaching him that he can fall asleep on his own, and back to sleep on his own! To start, I’d recommend reading this article, so that you can better understand his sleep:
https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-association/
If you’d like help with this, please contact us for more information on our offerings, and we’d be happy to help you find assistance that will be the perfect fit!

@Jessica – Thank you for stopping by our sleepy little village and for sharing with us. Your persistent, intense little guy sounds like an absolute treat, but I’m sorry you guys are having some difficulties with his sleep. We’d love to help you all through this. The answer to this question is not a simple one, unfortunately. We do find that moms very frequently (quite often actually) have a little niggling like this when they’re ready for some sleep coaching and they are right on that their babies are also ready. There’s rarely a “best” time or “righter” time to start the sleep training journey in all honesty – it’s more a matter of making the decision and commitment to start, getting a good plan of action in place that you can turn to and depend on, setting yourself up with some good support before you get started, planning the day, then getting started with day 1. You should also run the idea of getting started with some sleep coaching by his healthcare provider to ensure he’s clear on that front as well.

And, no worries at all – gentle sleep coaching is effective and possible though it’s often not 100% tear-free. Please consider connecting with one of our expert sleep consultants who have walked many, many mamas through this process and supported them straight through it to see a better sleeping family at the end of it all. You can read more about them here:https://www.babysleepsite.com/about And, if you’re interested in a consultation package or plan, you can read about those here:https://www.babysleepsite.com/services We would welcome the opportunity to serve you and your family, Jessica. Hang in there!

Hi, McKenna! Sorry about your e-book troubles; I’m sending a copy of your problem to our CRS team. They will be in touch to help. In the meantime, you can see our sample newborn schedules here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/newborn-sleep-feeding-schedule/ This should help you create that rough draft of a routine for you 6-week old baby.

Best of luck to you!

@ Mihaela – Hmmm….sounds like you are helping her to fall asleep, correct? If you want to wean her away from that, then you could simply fade away whatever you are doing to put her to sleep. You’d do less and less of that *think* until she is falling asleep indepenently. There are many other ways to work on sleep, as well – you can see some here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/5-baby-sleep-training-methods-explained/

Good luck!

@ Lindsay – Your instincts are right on! Continue as normal even in the face of disruptions; that’s the consistency piece of our ‘stay consistent’ advice. You can’t prevent disruptions like doorbell-ringing, dob barking, etc. – but you can stay consistent with your sleep coaching.

Hope this helps! Keeps us posted on your progress 🙂