Q's for CC at naps and night feeds.

[ReneS]

I started CC with 4.5month DS last night, and i was wondering what you guys do in the way of day sleeps.

How do you go putting your baby down for a nap?
Do you use CC?
Do you have a routine for naps as well? eg at night - bath, feed, bed.
Or do you just say its sleep time when you see the tired signs and put them down to sleep?

Also, what do you do when they wake up for feeds at night?
Do you use the CC again then? If so.. what do you do about other children in the house, i don't want them to be woken - even though DD is a heavy sleeper.

DD has ALWAYS been a great sleeper, never had use CC with her, so i didn't have these problems.

Sorry for the 101 Q's but It's all new to me!

[Mrs Potts]

If you're going to use CC you use it at every sleep when it's needed. That means day time and night time. If you don't do it all the time your bub will get mixed messages and you'll make the task that much harder.

As for waking other kids during the night, I think you'll find that as long as they are in a separate room that the crying won't disturb them.

Good luck.

[juna]

Hello:wave:
We use CC at every sleep time. We wait for signs of sleepiness, quieten down the play, TV or whatever we are doing, then go into the bedroom have a cuddle and a song. I think it's important to keep it up even during the night after a feed.
Good Luck.:)

[Wish_Bear]

The key to CC is consitency IMO. I didn't have to use it with DD but I did with DS at one point. It took 3-5 days and he was sorted. I never had to do it for day sleeps but I agree with Mrs Potts...do the same thing day and night.

When I did it with DS, DD never stirred when he was screaming.

It's hard work but believe me it is sooo worth it.

GOOD LUCK:thumbsup:

[ReneS]

Well i did it last night when he woke for his night feed, he didn't want to go back to sleep, so i did the CC worried that DD would wake and then after a while i caved and picked him up, and then when i went to put him down he cried anyway (same as what he did monday night which is why i started this tuesday), so i thought, well he's going to cry anyway, so back to the CC and it worked, he ended up sleeping on his tummy which he has never done, but he seemed fine, and he slept really well, didn't move at all.

Thanks so much for your advice, i know i'll keep going with it. I took him 2 hrs to go to sleep at bedtime last night, as well as the night before, but only 5 minutes for his day sleep today, so it must be working.

[Wish_Bear]

Well done Rene:smiliedance: It's great to hear you having such a positive result. CC is a saviour IMO. Good luck and let us know how you go.

[belinda1976]

Hi Rene

Here are my methods for DD's sleeps:

How do you go putting your baby down for a nap?

I normally shut her blinds, but not the curtains so she can disguingish between day / night, then turn on my White Noise tunes (a little bit louder than usual) – only thing that keeps her calm then walk out and shut the door. Sometimes she does a bit of a whinge but hardly ever now.

Do you use CC?

Only about 20% of the time e.g if we have let her become a little overtired. I will only ever pick her up if she is hysterical (not all that often), give her a break for say 20mins then try again, normally works the second time after a few minutes of crying.

Do you have a routine for naps as well? eg at night - bath, feed, bed.

In saying naps I assume you mean her day sleeps, so in saying that the answer is No. Her night routine is bath/feed/bed (with the music of course) and during the day it’s as above in the first question. I try to do the sleep/feed/play cycle and try to avoid feeding her to sleep during the day.

Or do you just say its sleep time when you see the tired signs and put them down to sleep?

As soon as I see her tired signs, rubbing eyes, yawning (loudly), jerky, quietness etc I put her in her cot straight away. Even if she is lying there for 10 mins talking to herself that’s fine cause she’ll eventally nod off. Trick is to catch it before it happens. At this stage I know her limit is about 1 ¾ - 2 hours between sleeps.

[mumofcaleb]

I used cc to help my boy settle himself and to go to sleep in his own cot. For day time naps I give him a BF and then I lay him down in his cot. Usually he just goes straight to sleep, sometimes when he's over stimulated, I let him cry a little and keep checking on him, then he usually goes to sleep. If he doesn't then, I'll give him another BF to settle him or a shower so he feels refreshed. That usually works too.
Night time he's pretty good. He is use to his routine of dinner, shower, story, BF, sleep.