Blood curdling screaming coming from 18mth old in midst of sleep training

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erm, this is quite hard isn' it.

she is used to getting a bottle of milk if she wakes in night but can't be ars*d any more. 18 mths is too old for all that nonsense isn't it?

have been in and settled her back down twice, stroked head, blah blah. starts screaming again soon as I step away from cot.

I should jjust leave her to cryit out right? is that right?

oh dear! huge sympathies.

be strong!!

Am actually quite in awe of the noises she is making, never heard her do that before. she is incredibly cross

Controlled crying doesn't mean just crying it out. It means going back in a minute and then in two minutes and then in three etc. Takes patience on your part, and I know it's hard. Sorry, you know that I'm sure.

Personally I gave water as an alternative (well, started with diluted formula until it wasn't worth calling it milk any more and DS lost interest - made it easier to be sure that the crying wasn't hunger or thirst.

peaches is right on both counts.

offered her water second time I went up. she just stopped for a few minutes but started again now.

with my first I was hard as nails. literally left her too it and did not go in at all. only took three nights. have softened up since though.

i guess this is more uncontrolled crying

Poor you. How long have you been trying?

ime girls can get very very cross!

hope the night gets easier for you. i'm sure it will and it will be all worth it.

off to bed and keeping fingers crossed for a rare undisturbed sleep myself!

night night

i've tried a few things. but have moved older dd out of the room for a few nights to get this crazy latenight snuggling knocked on the head

ahhh shes stopped

so that was about 12 minutes. thats not much. seems long when you are listening to it doesn't it. blimey o'reilly. nerves in tatters

thank you ladeez. I know i'm mean not to go in every 2 minutes. but i did go in twice at beginning to make sure she didn't have had trapped or sick in cot or something.

She's asleep in 12 minutes? heh, that's good going. Well done you. And her!

she is really an easy baby, just she is used to getting milk and a cuddle at night. not her fault mine for being a pushover for so long. wanted to keep my babe a babe i guess

i was hard s nails with DD1 too. Did CC at 3mo. DD2 is 16mo and still not sleeping through every night. I'm getting soft.

i guess they won't be waking up for a bottle when they are 15. bottle of beer maybe