Hello all, sorry to hear about so many awful nights!
So our drive up was really good. She slept about four hours in total, PLUS had a nap in th buggy after we got here. Ditched normal bedtime and routine and have just fed her to sleep and popped in snuzpod which we brought with us. Let's see what tonight holds!
For those who asked, No Cry Sleep Solution is supposed to be an alternative to controlled crying. It's supposed to be a means of teaching your baby to self settle with no tears. Basically it's a lot ofmhard work but I think her methods work! You do a sleep log for a couple of days and note down various things, like nap duration, number of night wakings etc. Then there is a "menu" of solutions you choose and compile a personal plan.
You do the plan for ten days then reassess and tweak.
She reckons most people see results in a month, which she admits is much slower than controlled crying, but she thinks leaving babies to cry is wrong.
An example of her methods is using delatching from breast before they fall asleep to teach not needing bf to feed to sleep. She has specific plans for teaching co sleepers to move babies to cots etc too.
I am only trying it out myself but I so now a lot of people swear by it.
Anyhow exhausted after driving from Devon to Yorks after four night wakings (!) so going to try to get some kip whilst DD thinks it's nighttime!!