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What do you mean by crying in cc?

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BrainGoneAwol · 21/02/2013 23:49

So fill in the usual back story about bad sleeping at 6 months,, waking 3-6 times a night. Friends saying they did cc and how it's great. Me seriously sleep deprived and struggling.

I have pondered cc but when ds cries he doesn't just grizzle he screams until he is red and sweating and likely would be sick. I therefore have never tried cc as I just cannot see how it could be successful for us. Shh-pat doesn't work for the same reason - he just gets wound up unless rocked or bounced to sleep.

For those of you who have done successful sleep training (cc or other) did you do it with a screaming baby or was yours actually a grizzler who could just fall asleep from that?

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MajaBiene · 21/02/2013 23:56

I did pick-up/put-down with a screamer. Couldn't have done CC as he would have been frightened/hysterical to be left and not understand I was coming back.

Selvedge · 22/02/2013 01:19

For us, crying= full-on, beetroot head, cot-rocking, hear it from the garden, screaming.

We never thought CC would work, and hadn't tried it for the simple reason that we couldn't get DS to lie down... Then we had a night when nothing else worked and we had to give it a go. He screamed cried for nearly 2 hours, then slept for 9! Length of crying halved each night, on the 4th night he went straight off. (Was 10mo)

Changed my bloody life!

If you go for it, be strong and united. Good luck...

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BrainGoneAwol · 22/02/2013 12:27

Thanks both. Anyone else out there?

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PeggyL · 22/02/2013 20:27

I did cc with my son who would wake 5 times a night. Apparently it takes 3 days for a baby to lose/pick up new habit so this is what i did, worked a treat & he is now such a good sleeper, so much so he slept threw me having an unplanned home birth next door to his room a month ago!!

Normal bedtime routine followed by 3 nights of picking up and soothing when cried, then 3 nights of not picking up but stroking face/hand on chest/soothing, followed by 3 nights of being by cot & 'just' soothing, didn't engage in 'conversation' with him, best thing i ever did, you need a will of steel but never looked back. If you decide to do this & it gets hard just think that you're giving them the best tools to self settle, good luck x

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