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How long should you leave a 9 week old baby to cry for?

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nina3 · 03/04/2008 10:37

Our 9 week old dd has been sleeping in our bed since birth but it is really affecting both my and my dh's sleep so we invested in a lovely baby hammock and have been trying to get her used to it over the last couple of nights. We have been doing controlled crying (I think - sitting with her with a hand on her chest and bouncing the hammock while she cries) to get her to settle and this has worked within the 15 mins a couple of times but other times she just keeps crying... What should you do then? Keep going indefinately or take her out and try again latter? Any tips very gratefully received!! Also, is this too early to be doing this? If so what else could we do as we are really struggling with the lack of sleep!!!

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kiskideesameanoldmother · 05/04/2008 01:48

daddyj, can you provide a link which says that controlled 'comforting'/crying is recommended for little babies? preferably a link with evidence based references.

can you also share an independent source which defines the difference between controlled crying and comforting.

luvaduck · 05/04/2008 02:04

maybe she has got the names mixed up
but it doesn't sound like the OP is doing CC to be fair....

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