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Sleep training is rough. One approach is to lock their door and let them cry it out. first night can be an hour long. second night should be much less. by the 4th night they generally stop trying to get your attention. but all of your instincts will be to give in and soothe them.
another approach is to let them ruin your nights for years and they will be sleeping in your bed until they are embarrassingly old.
Sleep training like that is a bit extreme imo, we started with a much lower threshold (5 mins) and only expanded a little bit (+5-10 mins) until our kids started to adjust. Worked well enough for them, they were sleeping mostly uninterrupted regularly around 4-5 months. Some regressions happen but we just apply the same technique and they're back to regular in a couple days.