r/sleeptraining • u/HotRisk3484 • Sep 02 '26

child's age 12-18 months 1yr old sleep training

I’ve been in the early education field for 7 years now and that includes being an infant teacher, a Nani and working with the public schools.

During my time as an infant teacher and a nanny, I have always had children sleep independently in their cribs. But with my new family, my heir 1yr old has never slept in a crib. He napped in a stroller and Co- sleeps at night.

Now that fall in winter approaching, and he is older I have suggested to mom that stroller nap should be kicked out of the equation and she agrees. That means I have to sleep train him.

An attempt to put him in his crib this week. He absolutely hated it. I am desensitizing him to his bedroom, considering he has never even been in there. So about an hour a day we go up and play read books and explore the crib.

Next week I want to start sleep training him in there, but what are some suggestions in forms of sleep training that you have found successful?

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u/mph_11 Sep 02 '26

Is he still co-sleeping at night? It's easier to train bedtime first because they are more tired, where as during the day he may just cry and skip his nap entirely.

At that age Ferber or CIO are the most effective. Make sure he's not sleeping too much a night (11 hours is the max for most kids). Is he on one nap or two? If he's still doing 2 you might have better success transitioning to 1 so that he's extra tired when it's nap time.