How I sleep trained my 1 YEAR OLD

Never in a million years did I think my little boy would actually sleep on his own!

Little backstory I exclusively breast-feed my baby until he was about 8 to 9 months years old. I was exhausted from getting up in the middle of the night picking him up putting him down. it got to the point where I decided I was going to co/ sleep , only because I was EXHAUSTED from all the night wakings. it was easier for everyone.

My baby has been a terrible sleeper since DAY 1: he would wake up every 3-4 hours every at the age of 6 months. I tried sleep training but it just didn’t work.

Now that his 13 months , we decided it was time to rey again. His older, more dependent, doesn’t drink breast milk anymore on demand.

This is how we did WITHOUT CRY IT OUT METHOD:

-🌞 Day 1: we started off having him drink his milk in his crib everyday!

🌞 Day 2: introduced a plush toy and every time he was tired we’d give it to him so he’d have something to snuggle with! I also slept with the toy many times so it would have my scent on it!

🌞 Day 3: had him play in his crib. Put some toys, his favorite blankets. Sat on the floor with him and we would play peekaboo, read books, and play pretend. This taught him that his crib is a safe space.

We added all of the things we taught him throughout the past 2 weeks! We tried it for nap time, had him drink his milk in his crib, gave him his toy and we walked out.

There was days where we would scream his head off but I’d go in and reassure him that “ mommy was here and that crib is a safe space to sleep” sometimes I’d have to sit there and hold his hand until he fully fell asleep!

Remember, our tiny humans were inside of us for 9 months, listening to our heart beats while they would sleep, we are there safe space, when they are ready to sleep alone i promise you it won’t be hard to do the transition.

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