Controlled crying 2.5 year old?

[FairOpalFish]

Has anyone used the Jo frost technique of controlled crying for this age? I don’t want to do it but my over 2.5 year old has not slept through the night in months with multiple wakings looking for comfort and wanting to be rocked back to sleep. I’m losing my mind

Does bringing him in your bed help?

No because the technique is not based on evidence and when she wrote it, she was childless.

I decided quite early on, after being gifted the famous book by a similar author, that I would only take advice from people who have actually experienced having their own DC and their advice is based on evidence

That’s not to say you can’t do anything though. Have you read the No Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers & Preschoolers? It’s more about creating good sleep associations so that they learn to sleep rather than training them not to cry.

Other things to think about are increasing physical contact during the day so that they aren’t searching for those cuddles at night and whether they are eating enough to help them sleep?

The Caroline Walker Trust has a good guide here where you can check that LO is getting enough

I did the continually put back to bed, but stayed in the same room. It works if you stick with it. We had 60 pop back up the first night, 30 the next and just a few the third. It wasn't controlled crying.

I'd never heard of it and upon googling she seems to insist it isn't Ferber...but I'm struggling to see where the differences are. Both are about timed, low-key interventions, and both make clear that you don't ignore illness, distress or danger.

Ferber worked very well for us and I'd recommend it.