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CC Whats the longest theyve cried for?

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kbaby · 20/12/2004 21:09

DD is 7months and weve decided to try CC. At the moment she goes to bed at 8 wakes at 11pm stayes awake until 1ish and then wakes again at 4 where she comes into bed and I bf her back to sleep.

Due to the constantly disturbed nights we need to sort it out.
Ive bough Ferbers book but wanted to know what was the worst I could expect? How long did you LO cry for each night and how many nights?

Appreciate the feedback
Thanks

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xmashampermunker · 21/12/2004 23:17

Hi Gwenick Don't say who I am, but you know me

lockets · 21/12/2004 23:18

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Gwenick · 21/12/2004 23:22

come on give me a clue - you could be one of several people........just a 'little' clue - please

ellasmum1 · 21/12/2004 23:24

cc definatly worked for me,dd loves her bed and sleeps really well,but occasionally at various stages had little blips after illness or teething etc where after giving benefit of doubt for few days we would have to resort to cc,usually for only 1 or 2 nights.I found she responded much better if i did not keep going in over and over again etc.That is when she would get really hysterical.Much better to go in once and tell her its sleep time and tuck her in,and after that I just talk to her from outside room to reassure or just leave her.Longest she'd take this way was around 1 hr.I'm afraid if I had a child waking me up every night I would have had a nervous breakdown by now!I probably 1st used cc when she was 6mths+

xmashampermunker · 21/12/2004 23:25

Who recommended this site to you hun?

(OK, that was a big clue...!)

Gwenick · 21/12/2004 23:26

2 people - and actually I've been a member for AGES. just never posted............the one that emailed me???? And if so why haven't you got MSN on?

xmashampermunker · 21/12/2004 23:27

I'm not that one then - I'm the other one (posted on the other place a few weeks ago)

Gwenick · 21/12/2004 23:29

I'm with you

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kbaby · 22/12/2004 10:06

Thanks everyone. I hope it wont be too bad. Someone asked what I do between -11-1am well this is our typical night.

8pm in cot awake
8.10 asleep
11pm awake crying, give dummy
11.10 crying again, give dummy put llulaby on
11.20 crying again, go in say sshh. rub back etc
12.00 finally give up and take out of cot and try to rock to sleep. DD normally just smiles and laughs at this and talks to herself.
12.20 finally try and clamp her arms by herside while rocking to try and get her to stop fidgeting
12.30 falls asleep, put back in cot where she wakes and cries again.
Try the above for the next hour and half where generally by 2am shes finally asleep
4am cries again, bring her into bed latch her on. Some days she will go back to sleep others she will just play until 6ish.

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littledonkeyrach · 22/12/2004 11:13

Kbaby, we have nights like this, I blame the dummy!!!! It soothes her, but also wakes her up!!!

WRT fidgeting, DD2 does this, and jolts herself awake as hse drifts off, so irritating. DH has now put a towle under one end of the mattress, as he had a theory that she sleeps better slightly upright, like in carseat. It has made a bit of a difference.

mears · 22/12/2004 12:18

kbaby - it may well be a problem with the dummy. My DS 3 started sleeping through at 8 months after we ditched the dummy. I threw is out because it burst and decided not to replace it. Have you tried a breastfeed at 11pm? That is what I would do - may well prevent 4am wakening. As you know I breastfed my babes to sleep so I wouldn't panic too much about doing that at 11pm.

sleepdeprived · 22/12/2004 13:34

Just wanted to agree cc not advisable before 6 months. 15 days is horrific. Someone needs to tell them this - it will just be ignorance, I'm sure. Our generation's fashion for 'who can get their baby to sleep through the night soonest' is way out of control, IMO - the emphasis on this is far too great. The poor little thing was undoubtedly hungry.

sleepdeprived · 22/12/2004 13:40

PS I know a couple who left their DS to cry for 3 hours when he was 3 weeks old. Apart from anything else, it had no effect on his sleeping.

zsooz · 22/12/2004 18:30

They did it to their two daughters before hand although much later than at 2 weeks and they are convinced it is THE only way. I am just relieved that it's not just me thinking that it is unacceptable/I asked if it was because she was hungry and they said 'no she ate 3 hours ago!!!! She's just being difficult'. Can't put my nose in I'm afraid their way is always right

I'd rather not interfere I tried to give them my opinion once and they froze me out for 6 months! I found it very hard not seeing my neices for that long!

sleepdeprived · 22/12/2004 19:24

I was hoping their HV might say something - but if it's their 3rd she might not be offering so much advice

xmashampermunker · 23/12/2004 00:27

Three hours at two weeks?! I was right to say inhuman. FFS!

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