beezee
23-11-2006, 19:01
Hi,
We are investigating strategies to get our 5 month old to sleep at night - she's brilliant during the day and puts herself to sleep within minutes but at night she gets quite angry when she's put in her cot. I say angry because that's the best way I can describe it! She begins crying within seconds of being put down and will only stop once she's been picked up again (tears stop immediately). To date, we've been going in to her and settling her every few minutes by giving her a dummy or a cuddle - and I've got to admit we've given in one too many times and gotten her out of the cot which is probably a million steps backward! This usually takes around 15-60minutes depending.
She is exhibiting all the tired signs but just seems to stubbornly fight it. She sleeps through quite well once she is asleep - usually around 12 -13 hours so it's just the getting to sleep we're having problems with.
The cc technique worked well with my son (quite a few years ago) and it took only about a week until he self settled. It's been nearly ten years since he was this age though so I'm a bit rusty.
I'm interested in giving it a go again but realise a lot of things have changed between babies and I was wondering what the recommended framework of controlled crying actually is these days?
How often do you go to them? I'm assuming we've done the wrong thing in "giving in" and getting her out of bed but what are the suggested techniques for settling them?
I can't seem to find the info I'm looking for on the net but I'm keen on getting some structure out of our current haphazard approach. She'd been quite ill for a while and I think we've perpetuated a few bad habits in the meantime.
Thanks
Beezee
We are investigating strategies to get our 5 month old to sleep at night - she's brilliant during the day and puts herself to sleep within minutes but at night she gets quite angry when she's put in her cot. I say angry because that's the best way I can describe it! She begins crying within seconds of being put down and will only stop once she's been picked up again (tears stop immediately). To date, we've been going in to her and settling her every few minutes by giving her a dummy or a cuddle - and I've got to admit we've given in one too many times and gotten her out of the cot which is probably a million steps backward! This usually takes around 15-60minutes depending.
She is exhibiting all the tired signs but just seems to stubbornly fight it. She sleeps through quite well once she is asleep - usually around 12 -13 hours so it's just the getting to sleep we're having problems with.
The cc technique worked well with my son (quite a few years ago) and it took only about a week until he self settled. It's been nearly ten years since he was this age though so I'm a bit rusty.
I'm interested in giving it a go again but realise a lot of things have changed between babies and I was wondering what the recommended framework of controlled crying actually is these days?
How often do you go to them? I'm assuming we've done the wrong thing in "giving in" and getting her out of bed but what are the suggested techniques for settling them?
I can't seem to find the info I'm looking for on the net but I'm keen on getting some structure out of our current haphazard approach. She'd been quite ill for a while and I think we've perpetuated a few bad habits in the meantime.
Thanks
Beezee