When to start cc?

[kuz78au]

Howdy!

I have a question....when do you start with cc (controlled crying)? My 6 month old was pretty good with his sleeping habits, but since he has been sick we has been patted to sleep (about 1-2 months now). And now I'm finding it very VERY hard to get him to sleep during the day....even if I pat! And I do know he is tired too! :sleeping:

So I was wondering should I start with some cc during the day? We have been doing cc with his bedtime at night, but not during the day. Any hints would be great. He isn't sitting up or standing yet so I thought if I start sooner than later it would be better?! And also any hints to cope with the crying would be good too....it's just a hard thing to hear! :(

Thanks in advance! :thumbsup:

[Me]

I actually started cc with my dd from about 3mths during the day and ended up at Riverton with her and did cc day and night from 3 1/2mths - she responded really well and almost always goes to sleep in under 5 mins no fuss. And i now know if she wakes at night time she needs something and it's not for comfort.
To be truely honest there is no specific age to start cc it is probably more of a case of when you feel you need to get them self settling and when you feel they are ready for it.
good luck although day tends to be easier than night it is still extremely emotionally draining - perhaps try to commence when you have someone there to emotionally support you.

[kuz78au]

Thank you! I really appreciate it :)

[Me]

No prob - PM me if you want any help/advice just remember I am always here. I have a good friend who is just starting cc on her son(1 mth younger than my dd) and when she's having a rough day she just rings me when she's trying to put him to sleep - it helps that she is distracted from the crying.

[HugsAndKisses]

hey there :wave: i started cc when ds was about 5 months and it was a really good idea to hev my dp there with me...we did it at night to start and it was hard and took about two weeks to work well...but im so happy with our results as we now put ds to bed and he cries a little and thats it out like a light :thumbsup:
but i think routine is so important in the success of this method :yes:
good luck i hope it works for u :fingerscrossed:

[neeshNgeorgia]

i started CC with DD at 6 weeks old, and she responded very well to it! untill about 12 months she would do 12 hour nights and still have 2 decent size sleeps during the day, though now is a different story as she has been waking at night and coming into bed with me since her dad has been away for the last 4 months!!! As for coping with the CC, i found that doing the vaccumming would help, it kinda drowned our the heart breaking cries, and made that dreaded 5 mins at a time go past fairly fast!

And if ne one could help me out with my 16 month DD not sleeping through ne more, and not responding to controlled crying any suggestions would be helpful!
Hope i was of some help
Cheers
neesh

[elissas]

Even cc advocates will tell you not to do cc on babies under 6months.

[kuz78au]

Howdy!
Well he is 6 months old now, and I think he is responding well to it all :D

He is going to sleep a lot quicker now, usually under 5 mins and he doesn't really cry, it's more a whingy thing I think! Anyway, I just do the best I can... :)

[Ange&Seth]

We started what I thought was Controlled Crying at about 3 weeks, only because we knew DS was so tired and I was at the end of my tether. I've since learned that what we were doing was not, technically controlled crying. Apparently controlled crying is leaving your child to cry and even if they become hysterical and vomit, you should just go in and clean them up with little to no fuss and no cuddles or comfort. Then put them back down and leave them to cry again. I think this is why they say not to use CC on babies under 3 months or whatever the recommendation is. Just my opinion though.

We were living in a two storey house at the time, so we would put him to bed upstairs in his room, and then go downstairs and outside. We started off leaving him for 1 min, then we would go in and check that he was ok. Generally, if he stopped crying as soon as he saw us, we knew he wasn't really upset. My mum told me that you can start letting them cry themselves to sleep as soon as you know they've got 'a dry bum and a full tum' - so basically, as long as you know they're not crying to try and tell you something.

So yeah, we would leave him for 1 min, then 2 mins etc etc. He's never really been a baby who cries alot. He yells out, but we can tell the difference between a cry and a yell.

I would say do whatever you're comfortable with, and some babies don't respond well to certain things. My DS won't sleep if he's in bed with us, just keeps trying to crawl over us to play with the alarm clock :laughing:

[Sarie]

We did CC with our boys from around 3 months, it worked for us. So long as they weren't hungry, wet, dirty and were just whingy crying we left them.