Controlled crying advice?

[Sleepdeprived92]

There are probably a million threads on this already however the MN search function is hopeless (or maybe I am hopeless!)

My LO is 5.5 months, she has gone from sleeping all night to getting up once, to getting up twice, to getting up… you can see where I am going with this.

I has always planned on moving her into her own room at 6 months and after months of sleepless nights I am considering trying controlled crying. Should I try controlled crying whilst she is still in my room? Or move her into her own room and do it all at once? My worry is if I do CC in my room, we will go back to square one when I moved her into her own room in a few weeks.

Looking for advice from people who have done CC sleep training before. I am at the end of my tether with exhaustion and am not looking to hear from people who don’t agree with CC 😀.

I’d do it once she’s in her own room. If you want to wait the full 6 months to move her then I’d also wait and do the sleep training at the same time. I just don’t think it can work with you in the room, since the whole point is that she learns falls asleep by herself and that you do bedtime and all wake ups consistently.

Thanks @FlounderingFruitcake, that was my initial thought. I think I will start by moving her naps to her own room and build up from there.

Move in her own room. Try controlled crying for day naps so she learns to self-soothe.

At 6 months you'll be able to wean off night feeds /wakes.

I tried CC and found it so hard so good luck if you manage it!

Before you move her into her own room I'd recommend getting her used to a comforter like a teddy or blanket or dummy whatever comforts her and sleep with it together (so it smells like you) to begin with, it will help with the transition.

Also a bedtime routine works wonders! I didn't really believe in it but tried it at 6m and she's now 8.5mo with a great routine and sleeps through most nights!

Good luck 🍀