CC Advice please..... How do you ignore the crys?

[Ivor]

He just keeps crying, how do you not give in and give them a cuddle?

I couldn't do it-- so no advice
How old is he?

Just turned 6 months, he gos to sleep really well but always wakes early in the morning.

Could it be that he is ready to get up, having had enough sleep, even if it is too early for your body clock? (Not trying to be funny, just wondering)

usually goes to be between 7:00 and 7:30, wakes up between 2:00 and 4:00

Oops, sorry, posted at same time as you..

can you feed him and put him back down - lie down with him till he drops off? cc is just too tough on both of you

usually I give him a cuddle, re-insert the binky and he goes off again.
Sometimes he'll keep complaining until I make him up a bottle.
The Doctor say's he's bigger enough to not need the bottle during the night, I shouldn't pick him up just "pat him" and leave him to cry it out

Let him have a nap around tea time, about 45 minutes, then get him up, and play, feed, bath him.

Have tried to keep him up later, re-arrange the naps during the day, but the little chap is dead on his feet by 7:30 snoring his little head off.

i bet the doctor can't see inside his stomach, and furthermore I bet the doctor has never been a mother.

too big at 6 months for milk at night? rubbish!

my ds is 2.5 and often wakes for a quick slug of milk or water.

The routine today has been a bit messed up so I'm going to try and give him his dinner later so hopefully the rest of the routine should drag onto to at least 8:00
I'm so glad others dis-agree with my doctor as long as I'm not just being soft and going to end up with an absolute nightmare later on

What's his day to day routine like?

Ivor your GP has had no training about baby care and is probably just spouting his own parenting views, so I wouldn't take his advice as gospel.

You are lucky to have 8 hours sleep out of your DS - mine is the same age and wakes every 2 hours.

His routine is pretty good am having a little difficulty establishing an afternoon nap, little bugger just wants to stay up and play.
The Doctor is a pediatrician and has been for 30 years so I do trust his advice on most things, just not this

At 6 months, ds2 woke up once or twice. Usually once, between 3 and 5. The trick is not to stop them waking, but to make sure they go beck down with no fuss. So feed warmly and dark and cuddley, to encourage him to snuggle down and drop off, then sneak him back to bed.

have you tried a nap 2 hours after waking for the day?

I agree with nineunlikely. You are doing well to get this much sleep out of him - I'm sure it doesn't feel like it at that time in the morning though does it? Mine is nearly 2 and only just giving me that much sleep at night. My personal view is that at this age they are too young to be too routiney. I could never ignore the cries although many will disagree. Trust your instincts.

Trust your instincts
Letting him cry will only hurt both of you.
Cuddle away....

DS2 is 13mo and still feeds at night.

DS1 stopped pretty much at 10mo.

Different children have different needs and at 6mo, I wouldn't suggest ignoring their needs.

If he's hungrry, feed him.

That's what I've been doing Colditz, I thought we were doing really well, the doctor just made me feel that I was spoiling him, FFS he's only 6 months old I was sort of hoping he would'nt develope the manipulation thing until at least 8 months!