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1- Put your baby in the crib while he or she is drowsy but not fully asleep.

2- Check back in at calculated intervals with progressively longer stretches of time between each one. (For instance, check on your baby after 2 minutes, then 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, etc.)

3- Be consistent. Picking up your baby sometimes and not others will only confuse him or her, extending the sleep training process.

4- Most parents and experts claim that this method has babies falling asleep without so much as a whimper in three or four nights. However, the first night or two can consist of an hour of relentless crying :-( which we swear is more torturous for the parents than the baby however don't give up keep on trying it works with time.

5- Patience, attentiveness and comfort.The goal is to create a positive association with bedtime, which will lead to a healthier sleeper in the long run. This means you should nurse and/or rock your baby to sleep, even while using sleep aids like music.

6- It’s a good idea to start sleep training when you have a full week to be at home. If you have to work, hopefully you can find a caregiver who can come to your house and continue with your sleep-training methods during the day. If working, start the nighttime sleep training on the weekend, when you can afford a few nights of choppy sleep, and then start the naptime training immediately after.

7- Put up room-darkening shades or blankets over the windows to make your baby’s room as dark as possible.

8- Make sure that your baby has somewhat consistent nap times before you start training, because you’ll want him or her to be drowsy enough to fall asleep. Picking a random time when your baby might be wide awake is counterproductive.