Hi everyone, I am hoping someone can help me. My son is six months old and has always been a terrible sleeper. At bedtime he would only settle and fall asleep when nursing and as he got older this process of trying to get him to sleep took about 3 hours in the evening meaning I never got an evening or saw my husband. In the night I feed him and he falls partly asleep and I put him into his cot where he settles himself. During the day he only falls asleep in his pram. We started doing our own version of controlled crying at bedtime only about 3 weeks ago (going in at 2,5,7 min and so on intervals). He fell asleep within the hour (not without putting up a struggle). He gets a lot of wind so we have had to sit him up in his cot to burp. Despite doing this for a few weeks it doesn't seem to be getting any better. He still takes about an hour to settle and even more if he is too worked up. This week I thought I would try the Ferber timings and increase the time everyday because I felt us going in every short interval was re-stimulating. So far we have managed 40 mins but since then it's been 1 hour (and on one occasion we stopped it because he was hysterical). I know we aren't doing the strict version of CC and that it should take longer to work (according to our HV) however, hearing him cry like this with no progress is horrible but we don't feel like we have any options left (I have tried baby whisperer and other techniques).
Has anyone else had any experience of doing CC this way and if so how long did it take to work.
I understand that CC is not everyone's cup of tea and that there are differing opinions out there but I would appreciate constructive help
Thanks in advance Cx
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Cattyd82 · 22/01/2014 20:50
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