Does anyone have any good tips/books/reads on sleep training. I'm willing to give it a try if I know…

Well I watched one of my friends babies once and she was 7 months old. She would sleep through the night. I would take her a bath using the J&J nighttime bath soap and lotion set, when she got out of the bath I would massage her with the lotion and then give her a bottle of formula. Put her in the crib and let her cry for a few minutes she would then self soothe and fall asleep.

I do all this and it doesn't work 😣 if he does go to sleep it's not for very long, I'm lucky if I get 2 hours @babybearblue2,

@missjess, Establish a routine

Yes, it's a Supernanny favourite, but we've found that a consistent routine (even printed out and stuck to the wall in vibrant colours) helps children to understand the wake-play-eat-play-bedtime-sleep cycle.

The biggest challenge to introducing a routine is when the children rail against it. This requires a lot of patience and understanding - they don't want to be told what to do all the time and will try all sorts of antics to get around the routine, but stick to it rigidly and it'll pay dividends.

Some of the important ingredients of the routine:

Bedtime; at the same time every day, between 7 and 8pm.

Bathtime; about half an hour before bedtime and is bathroom, wash down, clean teeth, get into pyjamas.

Bedtime stories or sing-song, read/sing in the bedroom (ideally in bed), to calm the children and let them warm to their bed before lights-out.

Lights-out. If your child needs to have a background light, make sure it's very, very low as you'll disrupt their sleep pattern if it's too bright.

Wake up at the same time every day, not earlier. Try to resist going to them until it's time to wake up. Yes, they may cry a lot, but when you turn up at the same time each day, eventually they'll understand.

Get some fresh air - oxygen will help with the sleep cycle. Get outside in the open wherever possible.

Exercise; for a 6-month-old, this may be crawling around the lounge or bouncing on a elasticated door-frame bouncer.

Nutrition; healthy food provided at the same times each day. Get rid of the little snacks and sweetened drinks - fruit and water are ideal for managing energy levels and hydration.

Noise levels. It is not possible to stop all kinds of noise - there are noisy neighbours, unexpected phone calls, someone burns toast and sets the smoke detector off, etc, but it's reasonable to ask family/friends to try not to make a lot of noise when passing nearby a sleeping baby. Planning the activities of other/older children to leave the baby alone to sleep is crucial - can't have them playing drums in the same room and expect baby to sleep.

@missjess, that's from a site I looked up

I have a set routine for him that I stick by every day. I feed him right, I try so theirs very little noise besides white noise. Like I do it all. He just wants to be with me. Like right now I have him laying next to me and he's passed out. He was having a fit not even a half hour into his crib. Idk if he's going through another sleep regression. I know he's teething so idk if that's it too. But the main thing is is seperate on anxiety. Even though I'm literally right here in his crib it doesn't matter@babybearblue2,

@missjess, have you let him cry it out? I know, it's brutal but sometimes is the only way. Unless you have roommates lol

Even laying down next to me he has to be touching me! Usually I let him sleep on me cause I breastfeed but I'm trying to break him of that cause it kills my back. I just want to sleep like 5 hours alone in my bed lol I guess that's asking to much. I started forcing his crib at 2 1/2 months old so it's been awhile he should be use to it but he always ends up with me at some point cause I get to tired to fight him anymore. He's only had one night he slept through the night. I mean he woke up a bunch of times but he went right back to sleep on his own but I knew it was to good to be true lol@babybearblue2,

I do let him cry it out sometimes. But I rarely do during the night because I live with my parents and there room is right next to mine.@babybearblue2,

@missjess, aww. I hope my daughter doesn't do this lol right now I co sleep because she cries if I put her on her own I'm hoping this is only temporary. I breast feed too

It's so tough! I didn't think it'd ever be this hard. I figured by 6 months he'd be sleeping through the night or waking up once and going back down but not my child lol I can't get him down during the day either for naps he has to be with me. I really need to try and start breaking him of that too. I blame it on his dad. Because I always put him in his sleeper when he was first born. Naps/bed time but when he dad would occasionally come visit all he did was hold him so after that that's all he wanted was to be held 😤@babybearblue2, I know they say you can't spoil s baby but I swear that happened. And getting him to sleep alone at night has always been a giant struggle since he was born.

My burrito, lol no sleeping in her crib today I guess 🤷‍♀️

There he is snuggled up with me too 😴