Wondering if anyone has heard of Tweddle? I have called them and got very little information of the phone except they said 'people seem to think we're controlled crying but we're not', which raised alarms for me!
I am having a lot of trouble with DS (11mo in a week) naps -- nighttimes have been OK except now where he has a cold and is cutting 4 top teeth! I feed to sleep at night but I carry him to sleep for days (we do this in an Ergo carrier). Fine except he is heavy and also I need to have other people be able to put him to sleep...
My MCHN recc'd Tweddle as an idea but I was wondering if anyone had used it and what they thought? I am not a fan of controlled crying and I do know his tired signs.
Hi, I don't know a lot about them either, but I know one of the girls in my baby buddies group went there and said they did use a form controlled crying. I will let her know about this thread in case she can give you some more info.
if she has any information i would really appreciate it!
thanks
so stressful when you don't know what to do! i mean i don't want to cc at all but i can't be tied to him forever... my concern is re childcare (or a nanny, i am looking for one) won't be able to get him to nap.
Nox, I really don't think you should have to cc to get him to settle for anyone else. There are ways and means of going about it without resorting to cc. It's just finding the resources that don't tell you you need to cc IYKWIM! Any good nanny will find his/her own way of settling your bub, it just might take a bit of time (like it takes us new mums LOL).
If you really want to go to a sleep school I would recommend either O'Connell House in Camberwell or the Queen Elizabeth Centre in Noble Park. I went to QEC (google it - they have lots of info about what they do on their site). They do NOT do CC but they teach comforting strategies that we found worked in our house. I've heard that Tweddle call it "Comforted crying" that other sleep schools do as well but they don't and it is actually timed crying
If you want any other info let me know.
At my mothers group the nurse thing used to work at Tweddle and the advice we were given is CC. I was so disgusted she encouraging to CC with our 6 week olds that I didn't go back.
Oh i def don't want to do any cc... i am nervous even with the name sleep school -- but are saying they DON"T do any cc and it still worked for you?
i will look that up. i thought that a program that comes to you would be eaiser did you find going there ok?
another thing i have heard is that it all stuffs up like any sleep does with teething colds etc.. so i am actually wondering if sleep schools help? i mean his night sleeps are fine adn naps are fine but the techniques of getting there seems to be difficult.
i hear you about any 'good nanny' but that seems to be precisely the problem i am having. i can't find one!! i'll take suggestions there too!
Anyone heard of Tweddle Parenting Centre?
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