I am currently trying to teach my baby (14 Months old) to sleep through the night. I don't think I can use a clicker [0], but I am trying to apply every little piece of information on Learning Theory.

So far he cries 2-3 times and tries to get up, when I put him in his crib. But I keep putting him down again. And I use a glow toy with music for when he settles and he can only use his pacifier when he is in bed. Then I just wait next to the crib for him to fall asleep. For the past few nights this has worked pretty well, but 2 nights ago I put the baby in his crib and I had to leave the room for a minute to get something. I told my husband to look after him. When I got back....big surprise! My husband was cradling him in his arms! It took me a full hour to make him go back to sleep, because he wanted to be picked up and wouldn't settle. Last night it want back to the normal 2-3 crying outbursts but then he settled although it took him a little longer to fall asleep and he kept checking on me to see if I was still next to the crib.

My second challenge on this matter is prevent the waking up at night. He wakes up at 2 or 3 in the morning every night! I try not to feed him because I don't want him waking up to eat in the middle of the night. The problem is that I know I should try to do the same I do when I put him to bed, but I am SO tired that I usually pick him up and go to the couch until he falls asleep again. Then I put him back in his crib where he sleeps until about 6 in the morning.

So far I haven't been able to gather strength to do that, but I will keep trying.

I will keep writing here as a log to find a patter and try to see the small improvements too.