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What has been your favorite/go to sleep training guide? There are so many options out there like Taking Cara Babies, books, blogs, apps. I want to invest in one but not sure which one is worth the money. Any recommendations or favorites?
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lemaen
honestly I never purchased any of those types of things (even including other branches of parenting like when they begin solids, behavioral milestones, etc). I never knew they were a thing until my last baby was born 2 years ago LOL he's my third and the first one I actually (felt like I needed to / wanted to) sleep trained.
I simply did research on the different methods and then picked one that I thought would work best for us and modified to my own family's needs if I felt I should. no regrets and it did the trick. a big part of me thinks the things you have to pay for are just gimmicks and not necessary but to each their own for sure.
I do know a lot of parents really like the whole Taking Cara Babies thing though
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@lemaen,
I agree with this. I followed Taking Cara Babies on Instagram which was super helpful, and applied her ideas to the Ferber Method when baby was older, but never actually paid for anything
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I liked taking Cara babies a lot
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I’ve used Baby Wise for all 5 of mine. Some of them fell into the schedule easily, others it took a bit of work. I start them on it from birth and it never required any CIO. But I have had 2/5 that just needed to nurse more, but I kept the nap schedule the same and fit extra feeds in here and there. As I have got older I have needed to keep the dream feed as a part of their schedule for a long time to maintain supply.
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@cdubbs007,
I try to keep to her feeding and nap times during the day but am not too worried if she wakes early or is legit hungry more often and just let her eat extra — I find this helps us stay on track for night time for her to cluster if she needs to during the day and not disrupt her night time sleep. Sometimes if baby is not sleeping deeply (we’re on the go, she’s being passed around) she will wake early and be hungry but usually when she’s sleeping deeply she can make it feed to feed no problems.
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mac-n-cheese
The Happy Sleeper (book). TCB has the same info as a lot of books but is quite expensive because of her social media reach. I know it’s great for some people so that’s awesome but I’d always encourage someone to try a research based sleep book first and potentially save the money.
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I used Moms on Call for my first born and it was the best thing I did. I’ll be doing it again with this one
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The Precious Little Sleep book is good and way cheaper than any of the sleep courses out there. That helped me get my 1st to sleep in her crib. I don't go crazy with sleep training though, mostly just follow baby's flow.
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