Hi @Chloe – Thanks for writing, and sorry that things were going smooth and are no longer! Regarding working on naps and nights, you do not have to work on these at the same time. It’s okay to continue to hold him and rock him to sleep for naps while you work on night sleep if you’d like! The night waking and crying is a tough one! If you continue to rock him back to sleep, he may continue to wake and want/need that help. You may want to resume the sleep training that you did for bedtime, or work on soothing him when he wakes, but allowing him to fall back to sleep on his own.
I hope things smooth out quickly Chloe! if you need more help, please contact us at any time!

We started sleep training (CIO) our 6 month old a week and a half ago. He did fantastic and slept through the night after 2 days. He’s been great since. However, last night he just suddenly started crying in the middle of the night for hours! We eventually picked him up and rocked him to sleep, but he’d wake up crying again. This went on all night. I don’t think he was in any sort of pain or discomfort.

We thought sleep training was over. So in this case, do we resume the CIO method or is it okay to pick him up and rock him back to sleep?

I also wonder if it’s because we haven’t nap trained him. Maybe he’s expecting the nap-time treatment of being held and rocked to sleep. Is it best to nap train and night train at the same time?

Thanks!

@Kim – Thank you for reading and for sharing with us! CIO sleep training can be a bit of a pickle – especially when combined with developmental milestones! If your little guy is just learning to sit up like this, time will definitely cure this as it’s no longer a fun and novel thing for him to do. Hang in there, Kim!

@Viviana – Thank you for reading and for sharing with us. 9 months can definitely be a tough age for sleep – brutal even! We feel your pain. Many babies this age go through a common sleep regression triggered by growth, development, or acquisition of a new skill. This could be what you’re experiencing if you’ve ruled out medical or schedule issues. The good news, if so, is that this regression passes after a few weeks so try to hang in there and work not to develop any new habits or associations that you don’t want to stick around for the long-term. If you need or would like more support as you work through this, please just let us know. We would welcome the opportunity to serve your family!

We did the sleep training when our baby was 7 months he is now 9 months old. he did great and was sleeping from 7:00 pm to 5:30 Am or 6:00 AM. He got sick 3 week ago and started waking up twice per night, we have been trying to get back to normal but he keeps crying and crying and doesn’t settle until one of us pick him up, we are not sure if he is going through separation Anxiety or something else. Any recommendations will be really appreciated.

Thank you

Hi @Sophie, thanks for writing! I am sorry she is crying so much. 🙁 My older son did that too, he was kind of always a crier, but then would sleep straight through. This article explains how crying can lead to sleep and may help you feel a little better: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/baby-crying-sleep/
Hopefully things shorten soon (they did eventually with my son) and if you are frustrated and not seeing any changes, let us know and our sleep consultants may have some suggestions of what you can do to help. If you have questions about working with a sleep consultant for this, email us directly at contact@babysleepsite.com and we can give you more information!

Hi @Lori, thanks for your comment! I am sorry to hear you have been struggling with your sleep training. All babies are very different and the promise of things happening in a week may be true for some babies but not all. 🙂 Just like it may take you longer to learn one skill than another, it is the same with the essential skill of falling to sleep you are working with your daughter on. Here is a link to an article that may help provide some help for your situation: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/baby-crying-sleep/
If you find you need more help and she really is not getting it, let us know, we would love to help. We have a team of sleep consultants that has worked with families in all sorts of situations. You can check out our packages here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/baby-toddler-sleep-consulting-services/
I hope this helps!