Controlled Crying for a 14 month Old ?

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I have been reading the latest CC thread and am wondering what advice you have and what success stories there are with anyone who has attempted it with a 14 month old .

DD has not slept through the night since she was 7 months and so I had only 2 months of blliss . She started early morning waking anywhere between 4.30 andd 5.30 am and this routine has changed lilttle since and I am simply worn out as I have another DD who is 3 and am also 18 weeks pregnant with #3 ! Since I had to travel a month ago or so it was easy to do the easy thing and a) let her havev her nighttime bottle in her cot and to give her the morning bottle when she woke at that time of the morning (to avoid waking the whole neighbourhood and also to get her to settle again to sleep till a more reasonable time in the morning).

So now how do I try to acheive what seems the impossible and get her to break the habit ? DD does settle by herself without a bottle for lunch nap most times and at nights if I have the time and chance , I will feed her in her room in the dark and when she is drowsy can put her down with no problem (although this is getting harder)

I feel like such a bad mummy for allowing things to become like this and then wanting to change it but really, I cannot see how I can cope when the new baby arrives if I have to be up also at that witching time in the morning with her plus have to spend have so much problems settling her at night.

Any suggestions would be most welcome !

Hi,

My DD is 12 months and we have just succesfully done CC. She has gone from being difficult to settle at night (about 9.30pm) and waking every few hours ov ernight to sleeping from 7pm to 7am. Prior to doing CC she was spending most nights in bed with me or dd just so we could get some much needed sleep. I would urge you to do CC now whilst presumably your dd is still in a cot because it must be much more difficult when they are mobile and you have to keep putting them back to bed. I would read up on C C (the ferber method) and just do it. The 1st few nights are tricky but nowhere near as bad as you think. By day three you will be getting much better sleep and dd will be happier. I too felt like a pretty crap mum but now think i am great! Incidentally, we only strted CC last week!...It's great!