I thought I would give an update and diary of our CC as it seems to be a success !
I decided to start it last friday after 8.5 months of my baby waking up every couple of hours for warm milk.
I have tried EVERYTHING other than CC to soothe him, tried every medicine for his teeth, nothing would stop him crying apart form warm milk.
He eats 3 massive home cooked meals a day, drinks plenty of water and is very well and happy.
After another exhausting night and a desperate post on mumsnet I decided to do CC.
I was a bit dubious about the whole thing, and so worried about having to let him cry as I just can't stand it when he is upset but today day4 I thought I would share my experience and maybe help other mothers out there.
He goes to bed at 8pm. Has one big 2 hour nap during the day around lunch time or 2 naps of 1 hour each depending on what we are doing. He eats 3 meals a day, drinks plenty of water, has a bottle of milk in the morning and a bottle in the evening.
Night 1.
He woke up at midnight and it started.. I let him cry for 5 minutes then went to stroke his head, 10/ 15/20 mins. And repeated. Sometimes offering water (I was worried he might be thirsty). He cried for 1h30 and cried himself to exhaustion. It was horrible and I really wasn't sure about what I was doing. He didn't wake up for the rest of the night which was already a massive achievement.
Night 2.
He woke up at 2am and cried for 1h45 minutes. Each time I stroked his head and tried comforting him he screamed even louder. Really tough night. I sat beside him in the dark and waited for him to calm down. Offering water a couple of times, making sure his dummy was within his reach. Cried himself to exhaustion. Was still really unsure about what I was doing but determined to give it a proper go. I limited my touching him as it seemed to upset him more but I stayed near him.
Night 3.
He woke up at 1am and cried for 20 minutes. He then woke up at 430 and cried for 10 minutes. The second time I didn't go to him I just waited and he fell back to sleep on his own.
Night 4.
Bed at 730/8pm. Woke up at 9pm and cried for 40 minutes...and slept through until 8am.
Really pleased. He seems really rested today.
He is been exactly the same during the day since we have done CC. He eats as well, laughs, plays etc.
Hope this helps some other desperately exhausted mothers out there !
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Littlefrenchmummy · 08/09/2014 09:01
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Night 5.
Tonight hasn't gone very well...
Bed at 8pm- cried for 15 mins at midnight and settled.
Woke up at 4 and has been screaming ever since. I have 'given in' and taken him in our bed for a cuddle. Its so hard! He stopped crying immediately and is just chilling on my chest. Awake! Hope it doesn't undo what I did so far.
So tired
How was your night? Put DD in her cot at 7.30, she grumbled for 3 minutes then went to sleep! She woke up briefly at 11.30 and stood up in cot but went back to sleep easily when I led her down and shushed her then slept until morning. Such a massive improvement in just a couple of days I'm amazed 
Hello !!
After 2 months nearly I thought is give an update !
My little boy who is now 10 months sleeps from 730-8 everyday !
He has the odd night where he wakes up due to teething. Generally a bit of water/ teething granules and his dummy does the trick and 2 min later he's back to sleep. Its amazing.
There is hope!
All the best for the other tired mummies out there xx
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Hi littlefrenchmummy pleased for you that ds is sleeping so well.
Out of interest what naps does he have? Do you wake him in a morning? Or wake him from any naps?
My dd is almost 8 months and I'd love it if eventually she went to bed a bit later and woke later! At the moment she's waking earlier and earlier and her naps have become short again. I'm hoping it's just a developmental thing that will pass soon but she had a massive sleep regression at 4 months and I'm noticing similar pattern happening again now 
Wow this sound such a success story, sadly we have not managed to be as successful despite trying our hardest.
DD gets into a dreadful state, often vomits and ends up soaked in sweat and dribble, did this happen for you ever?
Nothing is helping us with her and we are finding it mega challenging now!!
Please can I ask, did you just do cc at night or in the day too? Is there a right or wrong way to tackle the day time naps as if anything these are more of an issue than night. Is it ok to start off just doing it at night?
I'd be really interested to hear your advice on this. Thanks for sharing a positive experience tho
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