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Sleep consultants up north?

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northerncry · 28/11/2017 09:43

Ladies I'm desperate 😫 15months of no sleep with DS and I'm at the end of my rope. For sake of the family, including DH and DD 3.5 I need some help to sort things as we are all miserable now.
I'll take responsibility..Ive been far too soft, fed to sleep when breastfeeding, then rocked to sleep with bottle at 12months. Now I have to lie and stroke his face etc and co-sleep after 1st wake up (which is about 2 hours max after bedtime. So about 10pm 😣) and he still wakes multiple times at night needing dummy, cuddles, stroking face etc I'm exhausted and work 3 days week.
Being realistic I'll not see the CC through on my own. 5mins of him crying and I can't cope. Ridiculous I know but that's just the way it is 🙄
I'm hoping there might be such a thing a sleep consultant who comes to your house to support you (and essentially make you do it I guess?!) as we've had the personalised plans before from 2 sleep consultants but no fault of theirs, we just didn't see it through and weren't consistent enough for it to work.
Any ideas or do I just need to man up and deal with some crying?!

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crazycatlady5 · 28/11/2017 11:20

Have you tried any no tears methods? Such as the no cry sleep solution?

riddles26 · 28/11/2017 19:41

Mine isn't that age yet and I sleep trained at a younger age but from what I've learnt, there will be tears involved as you are changing strong habits and associations. That doesn't mean you have to leave him to cry alone though - you can be in the room comforting with touch or your voice.

Sorry I can't help with a consultant who comes to your house as we used the personalised plan from one over the phone but when you made the plan, they should have considered your style of parenting and tolerance to crying at the point of picking the sleep training method.

nuttyknitter · 28/11/2017 19:49

What you're doing is entirely sensible and what your baby needs. CC IS ABUSE.

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