Sunday 15 May 2011

Day 7. Do you believe in the "cry until he sleeps" method?

I wish I did, but I don't. I have a friend who used it really early on with her baby and it worked amazingly well, I was so jealous. But I've read so much about the pros and cons and although the pros make sense, in reality I just can't follow it. I'll let Charlie cry for up to five mins but if he continues after that I'll go in and calm him.

At 11 months Charlie finally started sleeping through the night, so I'm happy not to have put him through the misery of the cry-to-sleep method. Yes, he still has some nights where he wakes up once or twice, but he now sleeps through most nights.

There was a time a couple of months ago I almost tried the cry-to-sleep method, I bought a Gina Ford book and put some of her tips into place without actually going as far as crying to sleep. Now Charlie has 3 drinks of milk a day, we no longer use the night light and he has a strict bedtime routine which means he's asleep by 7.15pm.



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2 comments:

  1. I can't do it either. Seb did sleep through but for the last 3 weeks has woken us at half past 4 and won't go back down unless he comes to our bed. I just can't listen to the crying, it makes me cry! x

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  2. We did it. It was the most horrible, heartwrenching thing to hear him cry but honestly, he only ever cried for 10 mins max, & in the end it was SO worth it! :)

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