8 month old still waking despite controlled crying

[LUCIA22]

DD is 8 months old and we have been doing controlled crying for just over a week now as she was waking for a feed in the early hours every night. The first couple of nights took an hour and a half to get her to go to sleep then it went down to about an hour. I thought we were winning then but hasnt got any better. She stops crying when I pick her up and usually refuses water but starts again as soon as I put her down. Last night after an hour of going back to her every 5 or 10 mins I left her as she was just grumbling rather than crying. She went on like this for 45 mins until she eventually went to sleep. I thought is was only supposed to take a few nights to work but I dont feel like we are getting anywhere other than exhausted. She goes to sleep without any problem at bed time. I cant work out what it is she wants, do I just keep going and hope it pays off in the end?!!

Lucia22, well done for last night! I really believe that babies who wake in the night after weaning are not getting the needed calories during the day. The other option to try to get baby to sleep until later in the morning is a bit of cereal such as weetabix before the bed time feed. The other thing is that you say she eats everything at her meals. Babies will naturally only eat what they need and cannot be over fed, so i would suggest offering larger meals and accept her leaving some, so that you know she is definately full, offer until it is refused. This will mean more day time calories and less need for night feeds.

"Fortunately, Dr. Ferber has said no such thing"

So DaddyJ, what exactly does Ferber say with regards to when it is appropriate to do CC?