Hand holding needed...starting the controlled crying tonight

[MrsGiraffe12]

That's it in a nut shell.
We have a co sleeping cot. DD is now almost a year. For the first 6 months of her life we used it as a co sleeping cot. Then from 6 months till now she was in her cot but the other side of her bedroom.
A week ago I moved her into her own room and every bed time is a battle. She cries and cries until I bring her in my bed.

Me and DH are so tired, I nearly crashed the car having a driving lesson yesterday.

So am doing the controlled crying starting tonight. Am checking her every 5 mins, smoothing her back, going "shhh". She's not been crying for 40 mins.

Part of me wants to scoop her up and hug her but I know it works eventually and it's for our well being.

Any hand holding or advice would be wonderful.

I need wine haha x

I can't concur with the folks who think this is all great, because I think your instincts to pick her up should never be ignored, but I will say I hope this process is over very quickly for all of you.

Good luck.