Spill the Baby Tea with Helen: How We Got Our Baby to Sleep through the Night

Published: Nov. 2, 2022, midnight

b'We started sleep training our little one at nine months, and it has been a bittersweet journey. For his first nine months of life, every single night we held him in our arms, rocking him back and forth, dipping him up and down, snuggling him until he found his way into a comfortable nook of our arms to fall asleep in. Our hearts were heavy to start the sleep training process \\u2013 would he ever fall asleep in our arms again? But we were ready to sleep more than a few hours (usually 2 to 3 hours) at a time. We recently hit the 10-month regression and he\\u2019s been pulling himself up to stand in his crib so it\\u2019s a whole new ball game now! But for a whole month, our little one slept 10-12 hours straight each night. In this episode, I share how we got our lil bubs to fall asleep independently, putting him down fully awake in his crib between 7-8PM, to waking up ~5:30-7AM, i.e., through the night.\\nI am so proud of our little boy for learning to sleep on his own!! I remember thinking how difficult those sleepless nights were. On us, and on him. But I wouldn\\u2019t trade those 9 months for anything <3\\nHere are a few shortcuts if you\\u2019d like to hop to a topic that interests you!\\n\\n[00:53] \\u2013 My Giggle and Drool of the Week\\n[04:04] \\u2013 Sleep is a hawttt topic in the parenting community!\\n[05:55] \\u2013 How was our baby sleeping before we decided to train him?\\n[08:18] \\u2013 Recommended age to sleep train and why we decided to\\n[13:05] \\u2013 Sleep training methods\\n[16:45] \\u2013 TakingCaraBabies\\u2019 plan\\n[21:12] \\u2013 So, how did it go for us?!\\n[30:11] \\u2013 What is his schedule like now?\\n[31:10] \\u2013 Benefits of sleep training\\n[32:27] - Summary of what to do for those interested\\n\\nAfter you\\u2019ve taken a listen, let me know in the comments of our IG post if you related to this episode in any way. Did you decide to sleep train? Did you decide not to? Have you had an unsuccessful sleep training attempt? Did you have a super sleeper right off the bat?!\\nAs always, thank you for allowing me to share my personal journey with you all. I have so much more to learn and would love to continue connecting and learning from all of you out there.\\n\\nI hope you enjoy!\\n#SpillTheBabyTea\\n__________________________________________\\nHost: Helen Wu\\nEditor: Victoria Cheng\\n__________________________________________\\nP A R T N E R S\\n\\u2022 Lululemon: Shop the best gifts now at lululemon.com\\n__________________________________________\\nC O N N E C T W I T H U S\\n\\u2022 Subscribe and Follow us @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts/Spotify/Amazon Music/YouTube/Instagram/Twitter/Facebook\\n\\u2022 Listener Survey: Let us know your thoughts on the podcast here\\n\\u2022 Shoutouts: Give a shoutout on the podcast here\\n\\u2022 Email: hello@asianbossgirl.com\\n__________________________________________\\nS U P P O R T U S\\n\\u2022 Merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com\\n\\u2022 Donate: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support\\n\\u2022 More about us at asianbossgirl.com\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'