Sleep Training Tips: How I Got My Baby to Sleep Through The Night | Susan Yara

My best sleep training tips! In this video, I rounded up my top  tips and shared what I did while sleep training Nikash. Sleep training was hard but so worth it! If you have any sleep training tips comment them below.

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[nonophat]

Every Momma to her own! But, I was totally against this method of sleep training until I started having emotional outbursts and breakdowns at work due sleep deprivation. Recently started using this method on my 8 month old and my only regret is that I didn't do it sooner!! Her response has been phenomenal. Sleeping right through the night now.

[samsonchan]

“Don’t go anywhere at all. Stay inside. Commit at least 48 - 72 hours” Easy. - April 2020.

[ashleygomez]

Omg all the mom shaming comments > major eye roll! Every mom has their own way of parenting! As long as you love your baby and care for their well being - that’s all that matters!

My daughter was a CIO baby, and she is the most sweet, Independent, CONFIDENT little 8 year old! I now have a 4 month old baby and plan to follow this sleep training once he gets to 6 months! No one is saying to neglect your baby! It’s a TRAINING method and trust me, from experience, it does WONDERS to finally have this down! The baby is happy & parents are happy!

Susan, I appreciate your posts!

[divinej]

"Over-dedicated" moms have to understand that sleep is not a luxury, it is a must for mom and baby and you have to do whatever you can to be able to get quality rest for both.

[shannonditta]

Came here to say thank you. My son used to put himself to sleep and then he began having separation anxiety and we had to rock him every 45 minutes. It got unsustainable. Last week we watched your video with Natalie and this one and took the advice and he's had 9 nights sleeping through the night. He wakes up but puts himself back to sleep. It's incredible. Thank you

[everardoferreira]

You changed our lives! Our lives were miserable and we used your tips when my baby was 5 months old. In less than a week of hard work he started sleeping better and now, with 6 months he sleeps from 6:30pm to 6:30am. Thank you very much!!!

[nzkatica]

Stuck in lockdown, quite easy to follow the 'stay inside' advice haha

[MrsMason]

My daughter just had her first night of sleep training. We used your videos for guidance. It took him an hour but he finally fell Hopefully, this is the start of great sleep for all of them!

[emilyrehberg]

I am two minutes into this video and you just described my life exactly right now. Have been on the fence about sleeping training and this video has helped me so much 💕

[mpahr]

I’m so glad I watched your video! I decided to not do the “go into the room and check on baby intervals” because as you said she would get all wound up again. Baby girl is still sleeping and it’s past 8am! I put her down at 9p and she cried and slept on and off till 11p, but then not a single peep after! She did SO good! Granted it was the first night, but hopefully this routine will hold 😄

[alexandrakayls]

I just want to say thank you! We are on day 2 of sleep training, he is still waking up a couple times although he is soothing him self back to sleep within in 30mins, the naps during the day I follow the same guidelines and within 10mins & no crying he's asleep in the cot. He has always co slept since he was a newborn and comfort fed every 2hrs.

[mariachristina]

Honestly- before I was a mom I always believed in sleep training/ cry it out as I know how fundamentally important proper sleep is for both mom and baby. But now that I’m a mom (babe is 7 weeks) I can’t IMAGINE letting her cry for even 10 min let alone 45 min to an hour. And right now I’m averaging 3 hours of sleep a night (I exclusively pump..every 3 hours) but the idea of leaving her to cry by herself is just so devastating to me. But I get why people do it, I used to be in that camp!!

[iamkimthomas]

Thank you so very much for this video! I'm a single mom who is also working as a teacher full time from home now, and my LO was co-sleeping with me and nursing through the night. The major problem was finding a night diaper that would hold up to all his night time feeding. But by following this method, he's sleeping almost through the night(7:30-11pm when he fusses but falls back to sleep within 5 min or so, all the way til 6:30am!); and weened from night feedings. I could never afford a sleep consultant on my own; so thank you so much for sharing. It's been so good for us!

[briana_hilmes]

I have watched ALOT of sleep training videos and this was by far the most helpful. Thanks so much!

[etvokhs]

This is SUCH good advice. We hired a sleep consultant too, and what a difference sleep makes for everyone. The neatest thing is seeing your baby so much happier too.

[urstrulyyxx]

Your video has helped me gain the courage to sleep train my 6.5 month old. I tried MANY times previously and failed miserably. So big thank you’s!!!

[Warefamily]

I want to discuss sleep and general “transitioning” for my second baby coming in the fall.

With my 1st, I coslept and breastfed for 2 years. I liked having her near me because I wanted to encourage that instinct and bonding especially after she was literally part of my body for 9 months... However, I struggled with knowing when to “transition” to the next phase and I found each transition was SO agonizing for all of us.

Examples:

> when to transition from being with mom (co-sleeping or bassinet for example), to say a CRIB + if baby is right next to mom in whatever capacity and they dry or wake are you grab right away or put arm on them right away doesn’t this make them dependent on you for that instant response (not saying it’s bad) just posing question of - does it make that later transition of them self soothing etc more difficult when you suddenly aren’t responding and what does this all look like. I mean at 3am I wasn’t into letting my 1st scream and scream when she woke so that my hard working husband would then also wake up.

> when and HOW to cut off night BREASTMILK so that it’s easier and HOW/ what to do to get them to sleep and no longer be dependent on those night feedings? I felt like there was yelling and arguing because my 1st was a toddler when I finally took the milk away at night(2yrs). I couldn’t handle not getting any sleep after 2 years of giving my first my all. 🥹


Things I have been told so far:

> I have learned/heard that not letting a baby fall asleep ON you if you’re breastfeeding so they don’t associate “I only sleep if I am on mommy” is a good place to start

> putting them in a crib when they are tired but not yet asleep so they “fall” asleep in their physical space (crib)

> that using crib for naps right away when they are a newborn will more easily develop the habit as opposed to car sleeping more than a crib or a side sleeper more than a crib..

> keeping a lot of noise so they can sleep deep in noise as opposed to being a 👻 when they are asleep. My first is such a light sleeper and we never made a peep!

Sorry this is long winded. I don’t even know what my exact questions are. I just need a better flow and plan to be confident in this second time around that May have worked for several others. So please help! I am more open minded than I used to be! Any little nuance you can share I’d love to hear!!

[jaclynch]

IT WORKED!
Thanks so much for the tips!
I watched both of your videos months ago, but my son naturally slept through the night after we stopped his night (bottle) feedings. Then, we went on VACATION (he was 7 months) and he has been waking up throughout the night ever since. I would give him his pacifier and he would go back to sleep. However, he is 8.5 months and for the past two weeks he has been crying every two hours and is fully awake. I couldn't take it anymore and I did not have energy to read the books on my shelf. I re-watched your videos and tried it last night. Instead of rocking him to sleep like I usually do, I put him in his bed at 9 pm and he cried until he fell asleep at 9:30 pm. He fussed for two minutes at 10:20 pm, but fell back asleep on his own. I slept for the first time in weeks! He stirred at 6:40 am and put his wubbanub in his mouth before I fully opened the door. It has only been one night, so I can't claim victory yet. But I am so thankful for one night of SLEEP. - Side note, my husband came home late so that he did not have to hear him crying smh

[angelicalomeu]

We thought about trying this a few months ago when our baby was about 5 months old. I wasn’t ready. But after 2 more months of getting up 2 and 3 times a night to rock my baby to sleep only to have to take him back to our bed after an hour of crying was exhausting to say the least. Finally I’d had enough and didn’t wait for a weekend. I counted on our baby crying for an hour or more, but he went right to sleep on the first night. He woke up once and cried for about 20 min. After that no more crying. I slept for 5 hours straight. This was the most consecutive sleep I had gotten since baby was born. Thank you!! I think I watched this 3 times just to make sure I wasn’t going to hurt my babe. Thank you!!!

[harishloganathan]

Loved this video for various reasons mentioned below:
1. Details which was provided starting from thier experience.
2. How they started their first day of sleep training - best advice "Have a glass of wine bcz it's not going to be easy on the first day" this was 💯 true. It took 30mins for our daughter to sleep on day 1.
3. The technique which they followed "Cry out loud" I think this is the most difficult but efficient way based on personal experience too.
4. Sharing the tips of their sleep trainer. What mistakes they made "Do's & dont's" This was the highlight & really useful as we couldn't hire one.
We exactly followed each and every point and it worked like a magic 🙌 I highly recommend this video to all the struggling parents out there 👍
Below is our 9months old daughter's stats:
Day1: She cried for 30mins straight and then slept for 7hours continuesly
Day2: Cried for 30mins and slept for 10.5hrs continuesly
Day3: Slept in 15mins & slept for 10.5hrs
Day4: Slept in 5mins & slept for 11hrs

That is how we won 🙏 We all did together 🍻😉
Thankfully,
Happy parents & Fan of you Susan👍