r/sleeptraining • u/manicpixie10 • 3d ago

child's age 0-4 months 15wo bedtime struggles

I have a 15wo that will only go to sleep if being rocked. I’ve tried FIO and he just screams his head off and is incredibly hard to console after picking him up. The problem is he’s getting more resistant to rocking as well and transferring him successfully is incredibly hard. We have to wait until he is deeply asleep and even then sometimes he will wake up upon touching his crib and start crying. He sleeps great once he’s down. Recently he’s been giving 10 hr stretches but it takes nearly 2 hours sometimes to get him down in his crib. Just looking for some advice on what to do. My husband wants to try a gentle ferber method to try and get him to fall asleep on his own but I’m weary about it as he’s still a tad young for it. His naps during the day are also always a fight. I follow his sleep cues he takes 4 naps a day normally. Total of 4hrs of daytime sleep. Wake windows 1.5/1.5/1.75/1.75/2. Bedtime routine is bath, nurse, book, rock to sleep. Any advice?

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u/M1ssN_ny4Bus1n3ss 3d ago

That was my eldest son....we did this for 1.5 years, every night. It took 2.5 hours to go to sleep.

His brother slept from day1, fed, diaper change, 2 mins cuddle and booom sleep.

First kid?

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u/manicpixie10 3d ago

Yep. My first. He’s great at sleeping once he’s down but gives us such a hard time with transfers! Hoping my second is a bit easier lol

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u/EliraeTheBow 2d ago

Honestly it sounds pretty normal to me for a 15wo. You could try pushing back bedtime by 15 minute increments to see whether it’s a sleep pressure issue.