Sleep methods not cry it out!

[MummaLeonax]

Please if any one has any of their own methods of a better method than the cry it out routine it overly distresses my son and my husband gives in eventually as he cant take how distressed our son gets his breathing goes weird too its not nice, so if anyone has a gentle way to get him used to his cot he is 1years old never been a good sleeper and just so clueless with what to do, my son loves our comfort as in a hand stroke or stroking his head we are trying to do less of this, he doesnt seem to like any other comfort i always put his snuggle teddy in every night hoping he will eventually cling to it.. he doesnt seem bothered, we have sat in his room turned the other way he will stand up for ages trying to get our attention, drops his dummy so we have to get it little bugger knows how to play us, I've looked into getting a sleep training but thought I'd ask on here first.
Thank you for your time x

Yes. He’s got his parents under control! One of you puts him to bed. You read stories and have a night time routine. The same every night. I had one that would cry snd cry. In the end we put her to bed when we was asleep. Gradually this was earlier. Then we left her if she woke. It’s very hard but he’s got you trained.,

I used some of instagram.com/heysleepybaby?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= methods for my first child, she has loads of gentle sleep methods in her profile and saved stories!

There are lots of different sleep training methods - personally I used controlled crying so baby wasn't left on his own for long periods.

The thing that works is the method you do consistently. Look up all the tips you can, then create your own plan and stick to it.

Look up the gradual retreat method that worked well for us and is one of the more gentle ones. Good luck!

thank you very much for your advice really appreciate it x

I used Lucy Wolfe. Great for being able to move away and get them to settle in the night. You’ve got to put the work in but it works eventually