Controlled Crying

[clurina32]

OK, please don't judge, but its got to the point where we are going to use the cc method to help our 6.5 month old sleep through. She has 3 meals a day, plenty of milk and water and a HUGE bottle before bed. It gets to 10/11pm and things go down hill from there, wakings every 2 hrs sometimes more. She uses a dummy and that used to work to settle her back, but we've fallen into the bottle trap and now she just yells 'til she gets it. Been like this for weeks now. I am not coping with the sleep deprivation, its driving me mental. I have a husband who works very long hours and i'm on my own quite often at night until the wee hours when he gets back. I need to improve things for my own sanity!! I am nervous about this. My husband has booked some time off work and my 3yr old is going to stay with his cousins so we can spend a few nights trying cc. I would really like to hear from anyone who has succeeded with cc - tips, positivity, ANYTHING!! Please tell me how it worked for you and that i'll never look back!!!

I had never heard of regressions and so on till I came here. I don't believe in them TBH.

Babies are all different but they do tend to change their sleep patterns and I've had some fairly long-period sleepers who changed to short period, for a while, it's back and forth all the time.

I never felt the need to 'do something about it' though which is where perhaps we differ Suzie - to me it is just a baby phenomenon. I consider that they will sleep when they want to and tell me all about it when they can't, or don't need to. I call it baby-led sleeping

I'm too grumpy for that

OP - We did CC with DD when she was 4 months old on the recommendation of her paediatrician. First night was very difficult, with lots of crying. Second night was much better. Third night she slept through until 7 AM and has slept through every night since then, except for the occasional teething pain, illness, etc.

We did it with DS when he was 5 months old. It took a bit longer, but I think that was because DH shot up and picked DS up the second he grunted a bit. DS slept through the night DH spent away on business and has always slept through since then.

They are now 10 and 6. They have no sleep issues, neither do they have any issues with love, trust, or bonding. They haven't had cortisol poisoning twisting their brains or whatever it is some people on here are claiming happens with a bit of crying. They are both loving, affectionate, happy, not to mention musically talented and in DD's case, academically high-achieving and driven.

Just do it. Everyone will be much happier once your baby sleeps through the night, including the baby herself.

But it doesn't always work.