My 12 month old dd has gotten used to us staying in the room with her until she falls asleep, which is alright (although not great) at 7.30pm, but no fun at all at 3am - especially as I'm on my own.
I've been trying the Jo Frost controlled Timed Crying Technique ('sooth and leave') on these pages, but it seems to me that me returning to her every few minutes actually makes her worse, rather than better. She starts off gently crying to herself, and after half an hour of me popping in an out is on the verge of making herself sick.
Has anyone else found this? Did the technique work anyway?
Please please please no-one tell me how cruel I am for letting her cry - before I tried this I either lost my evening to sitting in her room and having dinner at 10pm, or if i really needed to get things done, she'd end up back in the living room in her comfy chair. So this really needs to work!
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Ahzrei · 19/01/2013 20:25
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