Just want to share my success with you all as the message board has helped me so much. My dd had only slept through the night twice in 9 months and was waking every hour and would only be bf or cuddled back to sleep. We tried 'no cry sleep solution' and 'baby whisperer' but it didn't work. When she was 9 months old we decided to go with controlled crying. The first night we sat with her til she went to sleep which is something we always do and then waited!! She woke up at 8.00pm and cried for 15 minutes and then at about 2.00am for 40 minutes. Then slept until 7.00. We went in when she started crying, checked she was ok, kissed her and told her it was night nights and then left the room and didn't go back in.
Two months have now passed and she now sleeps from 7-6 and is a much happier baby, and we are no longer having a nervous breakdown!!! I know a lot of people dont agree with cc but it is the best thing we have ever done.
Sorry for the long post but I know how much help I gained from reading things like this.