we went to sleep school when owen was almost 5 mths, just for the day..the taught a form of CC..but the nurse there said that 1)as a mother you know when your own baby is distressed or angry..but on that she helped me distinguish the fact that when you put them down and walk out they are angry and frustrated, basically saying 'come back here and pick me up like usual'..it just takes them a little while to realise that things are changing..this really helped me deal with the crying as before this we had never really let owen cry since he was born and made me very upset and flustered to hear it..and 2)that it is def not for you if you don't feel that it is working for you and your baby..this made me feel better to since it meant i could give it a go and know that if i felt it wasn't working we could go back to how it was before..within 2 days owen was settling himself to sleep..it has worked great for us..he is now sleeping 12hrs at night and 2 x 2hr day sleeps and settles himself 99.9% of the time..he also has a 'blankie' called snuggle who he absolutely loves it has a lion head on it and as long as he's got that and a dummy he'll sleep anywhere!
On the flip side, we went back a week later since they said he wasn't sleeping long enough in the day(he was only having 45min day sleeps at that time) and they tried to use the same technique to get him to resettle..we tried this for a week after coming home and made no progress..i stopped after this because i felt it wasn't working as they said..and then just did what beck said..every time he woke up make a big fuss of him..he has since just started sleeping longer..so that didn't work for us..we got both sides of the coin here!!
p.s thanks for everyone making mention of how we need to be understanding of other peoples parenting styles and choices..i think tat this is so important!!we all want the best for our babies and are trying so hard to achieve it..also, i know when i started doing this technique i was so sensitive about it as i felt like i was a bad mother for letting my baby cry..i was even defensive towards my DH about it..it was very hard(even if it was just for a couple of days) but so worth it..