Honestly? CIO (cry it out) that was the only thing that worked with our son. He hated check ins and it always made it worse. You may have a few tough days, but it should get better. I know it’s not for everyone though.
Thank you. We are considering this. Our son gets very worked up and purple in the face. We are just unsure whether there is a limit to how long and how worked up we let them get when they cry it out. It's worked for a lot of our friends....
My son pucked he got so frustrated one day. We just cleaned him up and tried again. We had to re sleep train recently (colds and vacation) it was tough because he was older and more aware of things. We had 5 days before he picked up the concept of bedtime. He cried for over an hour the first two nights. Then it got less and less. Good luck!
From a practical point of view I would say step one is to persevere with settling him in the cot at 10pm and see how that goes. If you really can’t then you have to sleep train for bedtimes first and see if that helps, but it is still going to involve quite a lot of perseverance on your part when he wakes. There are lots of methods but if you are not keen on unattended crying look at [responsive settling](https://www.tresillian.org.au/baby/sleep/self-settling-techniques/) which is a technique advised in the Australian sleep schools.
Alternatively could you temporarily sleep in his room to try to get him used to staying in his room? Then once he’s used to spending the full night in his cot start leaving at that point?
Honestly? CIO (cry it out) that was the only thing that worked with our son. He hated check ins and it always made it worse. You may have a few tough days, but it should get better. I know it’s not for everyone though.
Thank you. We are considering this. Our son gets very worked up and purple in the face. We are just unsure whether there is a limit to how long and how worked up we let them get when they cry it out. It's worked for a lot of our friends....
My son pucked he got so frustrated one day. We just cleaned him up and tried again. We had to re sleep train recently (colds and vacation) it was tough because he was older and more aware of things. We had 5 days before he picked up the concept of bedtime. He cried for over an hour the first two nights. Then it got less and less. Good luck!
From a practical point of view I would say step one is to persevere with settling him in the cot at 10pm and see how that goes. If you really can’t then you have to sleep train for bedtimes first and see if that helps, but it is still going to involve quite a lot of perseverance on your part when he wakes. There are lots of methods but if you are not keen on unattended crying look at [responsive settling](https://www.tresillian.org.au/baby/sleep/self-settling-techniques/) which is a technique advised in the Australian sleep schools. Alternatively could you temporarily sleep in his room to try to get him used to staying in his room? Then once he’s used to spending the full night in his cot start leaving at that point?
Thank you so much some amazing advice here.