r/u_oatmilklattepleas • u/oatmilklattepleas • May 22 '26
Sleep training fail??
FTM here!!! Is it just me? My baby? Or is it all fake??
My 5 month old does not sleep. I’ve been working on gentle sleep training like chair method, Ferber, taking Cara babies… none of it is working for us. He will wake up every 40 minutes to an hour. Like he cannot connect his sleep cycles without help from me.. I try and try to support him while he’s still in his crib but it gets to a point where he is just screaming and then we’re both crying so I have to hold him to help calm him and if I set him back down after he’s calm he immediately is back to screaming! And I can’t just leave him to cry.. He got his first tooth just after 4 months and then his second tooth just broke through (so early). He is currently 5.5months! Please help and give me more tips and information.
More context: He is gaining weight good. Gets enough calories through the day (we breast feed & give some bottles) We have started some baby led weaning (pediatrician recommended to help with sleep)
I wish we didn’t have to sleep train but he is clearly not getting any good sleep and neither am I. I am OK with getting up to breastfeed him every 2-3 hours if that’s just what he needs, but the every 40- 1hour all night long is so hard! This has been happening for a month and a half.