1timemum - Alot of people like to offer suggestions/critique and sometimes it can be very hard to handle. Truth be told, if you're anxious about the idea of control crying then it's not for you. Honestly, it is a difficult thing to do. You'll find a very mixed bag of opinions about CC. I used the method myself, it worked for us and it was something my husband & I chose to do.

Just because your little man isn't sleeping through the night at 5 months does not mean there is anything wrong with him...it's always so frustrating when people like to tell you otherwise. He's at an age where they go through a myriad of developmental stages. Many also experience teething at this age, so it's not unusual for them to be really unsettled.

If you're ok with what you're doing, have faith in it and keep going. There is nothing wrong with the approach you're taking (rocking him to sleep, feeding him during the night when he wakes up). It will get better!

That 5-9pm period seems to be when a lot of babies have their 'witching hours'. Mine certainly did. For the longest time no matter what we did, she just screamed between 7pm-9pm. All we could do was do our best to make sure she was comfortable and pray for a time when she grew out of it! *L*