No cry sleep solution - successes?

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Hello,
We have just started using some of the techniques to help our 5.5 month old who wakes frequently.
At the moment it seems as though things have got worse, but it is early days.

Can anyone tell me about successes you have had with this book please?

Thanks

We left it quite late to try, DD was 17 months before we discovere NCSS, but we have had some success with it. We went from DD waking 8 times a night and only resettling with boob, taking up to 20 minutes, to DD waking twice and settling in 2 minutes with a cuddle (we still partially co-sleep). It helped us totally night wean DD and really helped with day weaning too.

We are about to try the toddler one to see if we can get DD in her bed all night.

It does take a while, and if your baby is anything like our little monster, they will resist not having parents under their total control!!!

Thanks, gives me some hope!

Hello! I could have written this post a few years back. Dd1 was horrendous until 2. The NCSS was brilliant, but you really need to stick with it and be patient. Dd didn't become a great sleeper until she was 3 (sorry!) but we tried NCSS from about 9 months and there were big improvements. With ds I went back to it when he was about 5 months and it really helped. At 11 months he slept right through. There is nothing worse than broken sleep. The NCSS is not a quick fix but many of its methods are gentle and effective. Good luck. It will pass .

For us the no cry bit worked brilliantly, the sleep bit not so much.

Thanks. We just need to stick with it I guess, he was waking 4-5 times a night, but last night was about 10!
Lots of people do seem to have sucess with the techniques, I'll just keep going....

It helped us to write down naps and have an idea of DS's natural daytime rhythm. It helped me anticipate when he would be tired and things like that. Good idea to encourage a sleep toy/blanket - this works well and continues to be useful (20mo now).

I found it a head-basher when it came to night time routine though (started when DS was 9mo). The endless rocking and shhhing just drove me crazy. I thought that over a few weeks or a month I would see an improvement in night time routine, but this never happened.

I also began to realise all the rocking actively encouraged DS to stay awake. For him, it all came into place when I plopped him into the cot and walked off one day (I was exhausted). He cried for 5 minutes, cries died down and he fell asleep....all by himself. So I guess what I'm saying is, depends on the baby/mum combination.