'Sleep wave' from the happy sleeper.. tried it?

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Hi sleepy people,
Has anyone tried the sleep wave method from the happy sleeper? A friend of mine recently recommended it and said it was the best thing she did for her bad sleeper. I bought and read the relevant bits to DS 5mo and I think I'm going to give it a try from Tuesday night onwards (away for the Easter weekend so want to start when he's back and settled). I'm worried though that it seems like a CC method. DS isn't a big cryer and I think leaving him to cry (even though I'll be doing the check in thing) will break my heart.
I'd love to know if anyone else has had success with it or can share any experiences.

TIA

Bumping for the morning crowd!

Just in case someone searches and this thread comes up... we started the sleep wave method last night and he slept through!!! For the first time ever! He slept 7:30pm until 7am and only cried for 20 mins when we first put him down. The crying wasn't nice obviously but not as bad as I thought it would be and going in to check made me feel a lot better. Anyway so far so good!

What is the method?

Hi @NeverMetACakeIDidntLike it's basically a controlled crying method. It's from the book The Happy Sleeper. You set up a strict routine o

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So you set up a strict routine of whatever suits you. So bath, feed, book, sing a lullaby etc. Then you put baby down awake but drowsy, say your script which can be e.g 'goodnight I love you I'm right outside' and then leave. Then if they start to properly cry you go in every 5 mins and repeat the script bit until eventually they fall asleep.

We had night 3 of the method last night and it really is working well. My DS would only bfeed to sleep and his naps were all 40 mins on the dot. Now after a bit of protesting he naps in his cot (hallelujah!) and sleeps all night 7:30-7. Maybe waking up for one feed then back off to sleep. So much better than before and after 6 months of very little sleep its amazing. I def recommend it but you have to be really consistent with the routine. The book was only about 4 quid on amazon I think (I read it in one night during my previous 4 night feeds ha)