https://dads.hellobee.com/ Hellobee Dads en Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:53:10 +0000 https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-232 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:06:13 +0000 miketravelparty 232@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>We have tried it as well. You almost have to trust it will work because you will always be waiting for when LO stops crying. The first few days it was like trying to get in at the last minute but we kept saying LO will tire and sleep soon. It did get better but some travel plans later in a few months but LO off track and we had to do it all over again but not as bad. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-213 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:36:17 +0000 mrbee 213@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>@Colby: 11 hours straight!!!! Wow! </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-212 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:20:58 +0000 Colby 212@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>Each night has been different, but every night has been better than the previous month of sleep regression.</p> <p>He slept for 11 hours straight last night without waking, crying or being fed - this is a first for him...ever! He's definitely getting more sleep now than he did before. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-211 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:48:15 +0000 Mr. Jacks 211@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>We had similar issues around 4 months as well. Our problems were because she was getting out of the wrap so we had to take it away and she kept on waking herself up with random moroings. This was just something that we worked through and only took a few nights before she was back to her normal sleep habits.</p> <p>With that said, we did not want to go with the cry it out method of any kind. Almost everyone I know that has done one of these methods has had issues with naps later on, and since I was a stay at home dad who also worked from home, I needed naps to be as regular as possible. </p> <p>We are now at 7 months with jack jack and she is sleeping from 7-7 at night with no wake ups and in her crib. We just worked with her for a long time to get her to that point. It took us a long time, but now we can set her down awake and walk away and she falls asleep within minutes, and there was no cry it out involved. </p> <p>When it came to Little Jacks, we co-slept. She is 2 1/2 now and still sleeps in our bed. We personally do not mind co-sleeping but that is just us. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-210 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:59:29 +0000 Colby 210@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrOceanis: My wife has a real hard time listening to him cry and it's not easy for me either. We've had improvements since the 1st night. He's slept longer, only eating once at night now and he goes right back to sleep after only a minute of shh'ing. He seems to be taking better daytime naps also. We're not quite to the point where he is sleeping all night, but he's had some pretty regular 5-6 hour stretches. This is working much better than rocking him for 30 minutes with him screaming the whole time. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-205 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:13:36 +0000 MrOceanis 205@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 4 kids and we did this with all of them. It can be hard at first but, at least for us, it didn't last very long. The first couple days were the hardest. </p> <p>We did find that they slept better after doing this. They slept longer didn't wake up as much. With more sleep they also did better during the days. </p> https://dads.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-training#post-190 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:02:48 +0000 Colby 190@https://dads.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm looking for the Dad's input only on this one....</p> <p>...And parenting is like cooking - everybody seasons their recipe just a little different than the next guy. Personally, I marinate my ribeyes before grilling them :-D.</p> <p>Our son will be 4 months old tomorrow and he started his '4 month sleep regression' somewhere around 3-4 weeks ago. He had been sleeping from about 8pm-4am with no interruptions before this new pattern developed. We have laid him down awake in his crib and he's fallen asleep without crying before, so we know it's possible. Since he started this new sleeping pattern he has been difficult to console at night. He screams and cries no matter what you do to try to comfort him. He sleeps well for the first 3 hours and then he screams every 45-90 minutes after that. We have always swaddled him and tried variations of that(one arm out, both arms out) to try to make him happier, but nothing seemed to help.</p> <p>My wife mentioned the Ferber method as an option that she'd heard about on the forum and websites that might help. We read up on it briefly and after our pediatrician suggested "let him cry it out" we were willing to try something new. Every kid is different, so it's hard to say if this method will work over any other method.</p> <p>I'm curious if any of the dads have tried this and what their opinions are? Was it hard to stomach listening to him cry? Was it successful? What did you vary, if anything?</p> <p>We're only into night 2 and so far we've noticed an improvement with his sleep patterns and mannerisms in the first night. He didn't fight our short efforts to console him and fell back asleep MUCH faster than before when we would hold him and rock him. I'm interested to see how this works out for us and how it has worked out for others. </p>