HAS ANYONE ELSE USED THE BABY WHISPERER'S 'PICK UP, PUT DOWN' METHOD?

[toria77]

DS IS SCREAMING NOW... TRYTING TO 'TRAIN/HELP' HIM GO TO SLEEP ON OWN AS UP TILL NOW HAVE BEEN ROCKING HIM TO SLEEP IN ARMS - TUTT TUTT, I KNOW,- AND GOING TO START IMPLEMENTING SOME KIND OFROUTINE AND HAVE GOT HER BOOK - DS IS 5.5 MONTHS OLD!

help need sage advice now!!!

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i haven but i've heard it works really well

yes I used that metho. did work but you must stick with it and not deviate otherwise it confuses them.

it does work. well it did for us anyway.

thanks helsi- how long did it take to work for you?

about 5 days to a week with perseverance.

I've used it and it does work.

It is hard work though, it can take a long time to work for the first time. Unless you're feeling really up for it tonight, choose a night when you know you have a quiet day following.

It took me 2 or 3 hours when ds was 8 months. i thought I'd cracked it after two hours but he started again after 20 minutes. You get there in the end though - you juts have to keep the faith. Good luck

I mean 5 days to week when she without having to do it as often. the actual effec started to register after a couple of nights.

yeah thought so, will have to choose a good week where i can be consistent and when i have the willpower, did you do this in their own rooms? ds is still in with us bcoz i am so paranoid about moving him b4 6 month guidline- will it work in our room do you think?

I agree, the first night breaks the back of it and after a few nights you should have cracked it.

You may have to retrain in teh future though - after they've been ill or the routine's been messed with.

he has never slept through the night either- so my prob is that mid-night i dont put him down as he feeds and falls asleep 'on the breast' so this might undo the technique?

hows it done never heard of it before

yes it should work anywhere. What is stopping the consistency now?

i used it for three hellish nights in a row, stopped DS waking in the night but now he just wakes earlier than usual and won't then go back down.

Think i'd rather wake once in the night and have a longer lie in the morning though!!

Personally don;t think the room thing matters. It's teaching them to trust you that they are safe and secure whereever you put them to bed.

well, i know i am going out 2 nights his week and dh is soft so will rock him to sleep if he cries a lot and he loves to let him sleep on him ( as do i- hence the problem!!!!)

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I see. I was lucky in thst dh agreed to try it to and was just as consistent. No matter how easy it is to rock them you must stick to it.

Erm sounds interesting but how does it work please?

I am considering this with my 4 mnth old who is now waking about 6 times in the night and needs the boob to go back to sleep
his brother wasnt liek this

it is a method where you dont let them 'cry it out' but pick them up when they cry but put them straight back down again as soon as they are calm- you end up picking and and putting downuntil they go to sleep but it is meant to help them learn to get 2 sleep 'alone'

just trying to find an easy explanation link for those of you who want to know what it is. bear with me please.

thanks toria77 - additionally you are not meant to speak or anything when doing it.