Topic
Safety and health
Safe sleep, when to pause, and when to call your pediatrician.
- Baby stands up in the crib during Ferber: what to do Your baby pulls to stand and cries during the Ferber method. How to handle it at check-ins, practice in the day, and keep the crib safe. Night wakings · Setbacks and regressions · Safety and health
- Sleep sacks and the Ferber method A plain sleep sack is a safe, useful choice during the Ferber method. Skip weighted sacks, and stop swaddling once your baby starts trying to roll. Safety and health · Getting started
- Doing the Ferber method when you share a room You can do the Ferber method while room sharing. How to set up the room, where to wait, and why bed sharing is never a step in the plan. Getting started · Safety and health
- Ferber and the pacifier: keep it, lose it, or replug it? You can do the Ferber method with a pacifier. What the AAP says about pacifiers at sleep, and how to stop replugging it all night without taking it away. Night wakings · Safety and health · Night feeds
- A Night 1 checklist for the Ferber method A Night 1 checklist for the Ferber method: what to check this week, today, at bedtime and during the night, from safe sleep to your check-in words. Getting started · Intervals and check-ins · Safety and health
- White noise and sleep training White noise is fine to use during the Ferber method. Keep it quiet, keep it well away from the crib, and use it the same way every night. Getting started · Safety and health
- Ferber and breastfeeding: feeding to sleep and night feeds You can use the Ferber method while breastfeeding. Move the feed earlier in bedtime, keep any night feed your pediatrician wants, and change feeds slowly. Night feeds · Night wakings · Safety and health
- Night feeds and the Ferber method Your pediatrician decides whether a night feed stays. Here is how to run the Ferber method around one kept feed, and how to stop feeding to sleep. Night feeds · Safety and health · Night wakings
- Moving from crib to bed after Ferber Keep your sleep-trained toddler in the crib until they climb out or outgrow it. Then childproof the room, keep the routine, and calmly return them to bed. Toddlers · Safety and health · By age
- What to do (and not do) during a Ferber check-in A practical guide to Ferber check-ins: what to say, how long to stay, why not to pick up to sleep, when to skip one, and when to stop and comfort. Intervals and check-ins · Safety and health
- Sleep training and stress hormones: reading the studies fairly What the two most cited cortisol studies of sleep training actually measured, what each found, and the limits of both, explained plainly for parents. Research · Safety and health
- Restarting Ferber after your baby has been sick Restart Ferber once your baby is well: no fever, eating normally, back to their usual self. Here is how to choose where to restart on the chart. Setbacks and regressions · Safety and health
- The Ferber method at 4 months: is it too early? Four months is the earliest the Ferber method can be considered, and only after your pediatrician agrees. Many families wait until 6 months. By age · Safety and health
- Ferber when siblings share a room You can do the Ferber method when siblings share a room. Stagger bedtimes, prepare the older child, keep the baby's crib safe, and plan for the week. Getting started · Safety and health
- What age can you start the Ferber method? Never before about 4 months, and 6 months is the most common age to start. Between 4 and 6 months, talk to your pediatrician first. By age · Safety and health
- The Ferber method with twins You can use the Ferber method with twins. Train both at once, one timer, one check-in for both, each baby in their own crib. Here is how to set it up. Getting started · Intervals and check-ins · Safety and health
- What to do if your baby vomits during Ferber If your baby vomits during Ferber, go in, pick them up, clean up and comfort them. Here is when to stop, when to call the doctor and how to restart. Safety and health · Setbacks and regressions
- Ferber and teething: when to pause and how to restart If teething pain is keeping your baby up, pause Ferber and comfort them. Here is how to tell teething from protest, and how to pick the plan back up. Setbacks and regressions · Safety and health
- Traveling after Ferber: keeping sleep on track You can travel after the Ferber method. Keep the routine, bring a safe sleep space, expect a rough night or two, and reset calmly when you get home. Setbacks and regressions · Safety and health
- Is the Ferber method safe? What the research says What studies of graduated extinction found about stress, attachment and long-term effects, their limits, and what safe looks like in practice. Research · Safety and health