Dana Obleman's Sleep program - is it just a glitzy re-vamped version of controlled crying?

[eskimomama]

Hi all,

My DD (11 month) is finding it harder and harder to fall asleep at night and basically just been falling asleep on the boob/in my arms since she was born.
At the moment she is changing her sleeping habits - only one nap at midday or so and nighttime at 19.30 or 20.00, but then up many many times.
Lately she has been crying really hard when she woke up, and I basically feel like it's my fault for not teaching her to fall asleep on her own before now.

I've (sort of) tried Elizabeth Pantley's no cry method, which I totally love in theory, but I have the feeling DD is too "old" for this now, and it won't work...

Now I found Dana Obleman's sleep sense program, and even though she advocates herself as against controlled crying, when I read her program it seems just based on letting baby cry until she falls asleep, even if I'm sitting by her side...

I don't want to embark DD and myself (and DH) on an unnecessary crying to sleep experience if I don't have to....

I would be super grateful if anyone could share their views/experience of Dana Obleman's method, especially if they were against CC like me.

Thanks!!

anybody?

I think her afternoon is too long....try and get her to nap after lunch and bring her bedtime forward to around 6.30/7pm if you can.

thanks - she's usually full of energy after her lunch (1pm ish) but then shows signs of tiredness at 5pm, which is too early for bed and too late for a nap. I made the mistake a few times to let her nap at 5pm, but then she was overtired and didn't go to sleep until after 10pm...
Trying to lengthen her midday nap and as you said bedtime at 6.30/7pm, but it's not easy!

Wow - so she stays awake all day until 5pm!!!

I have always put dd and ds1&2 down around 12-12.30 whether they show signs or not and gthey have always slept (ds1 would argue aboutit but after 10mins would be asleep...he;s 2.5 and still napping at these times. dd is 5 and on some weekends will nap then too )

Perhaps she needs a very small catnap in the orning to get her to the afternoon? I've been know to drive or pramwalk to force a nap...

she does take a nap at 11.30/12 - her sleep habits are all over the place now, she used to nap twice just fine (morning and afternoon), and now just once at lunchtime.

It's really tricky when they are going from 2 to 1 naps, but it does settle down again (although it feels like forever at the time!) Only thing I have ever been able to do with my two at that age was just to muddle through - could you make tea and bedtime super early?

I too in desperation downloaded Dana whatever her name is e-book. It worked in that he calmed down and stopped screaming when i sat on the floor but we didnt seem to progress after 2 weeks to him not getting me up in night and i was back and forth a bit.Leave the room and he would cry and i would go back - i prob need to have another go cos my 21 mth old sleep is at a new level of horrendousness - we were up from 11-1 last night and then he ended up in our bed. I am sooo run down!