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Is 15 months old too late to let a baby "cry it out" through the night?

It sounds like you're having some problems with your 15 month old daughter. She's not sleeping very well and consequently I'm sure you aren't either. She's definitely not too old to sleep train. In fact, many young toddlers respond well to sleep training especially because they start to come to a point where you can talk to them a little bit about what is going on. There are two ways you can go about it. First of all, if you've put her to bed and she's been loved, and changed, and fed, and there's no other reason for her to be crying except for the fact that she just wants you then you can just let her cry it out. This won't affect her the next day or make her have harsh feelings toward you. You don't have to worry about that. In fact, if she starts getting better sleep she'll probably be happier during the day. Kids are very forgiving so you don't have to worry about that. If she starts crying just continue to let her cry and you can do this for an hour or two on end, that's okay as long as she's in a safe place and you're not worried about her putting herself in danger like falling out of her crib or something. If her cries ever change, every mother knows their child's cry, if it's different than, I just want you mom, like she's hurt or you feel like she's sick or in need of immediate assistance, for sure go get her. If all this crying out business sounds a little bit too harsh there is a more graduated approach. You can go in the room if she starts crying and gently touch her tummy and tell her to go back to sleep, turn around, walk right back out of the room and don't respond to her in any other way. Don't turn on the lights, try to avoid any other conversation, and just turn out of the room. If she continues to cry, wait about 10 minutes or so and go in and do the same thing. If she's still crying just slowly increase the amount of time you wait before you go check on her again. If the first time was 5 to 10 minutes, the second time was 10 to 15, the third time can be 20 to 30 minutes, and if needs be you can even wait 45 minutes the next time. If you're consistent about this for four to seven nights she should learn to go back to sleep on her own. That's the magic of it all. Babies have a four day reset in their mind. If we train them to do something for at least four days then it becomes a habit and it becomes a norm to them. Those four to seven days might be pretty rough but after that it will pay off as long as you're consistent and persistent about how you treat her when she wakes up at night. You should all be getting better sleep. Good luck with it and if you have any other questions in the future feel free to ask them on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/IntermountainMoms and recommend us to your friends and family too.