Sorry DD, I've learned my lesson

[ss_storm]

Thanks girls

I told my mum and she's like oh maybe you need to start doing controlled crying with her, you're too soft on her and she knows it, she's just playing you... Um i don't think so, that's why she made herself sick, because she was crying so much!! Not doing that every night! I just KNOW CC isn't going to work because she gets upset as soon as I'm out of sight, and I don't want to make bedtime into something stressful for her because then she is going to hate going to bed.

I think it's just harder now because for a while she was being really good and all I'dhave to do was put her down, give her the dummy and her giraffe and she would go straight to sleep, and now I'm back to having to work to get her to sleep and spending ages every night (and now during the day! Just gets better and better..lol) trying to get her to sleep. I'm sure it's just another phase

[Early Kids]

You are doing a wonderful job.

Unfortunately the only way to learn if something is going to work or not is to learn from experience.

[Beach Mama]

Don't feel bad hun, we have all been there. When I was mid sleep issues with J I was ready to run away and join the circus. Really. I was talking about this issue with girls at MG - we did forms for CC for our kids and I don't regret a day of it. For us it meant they both slept better, we slept better and everyone was happy. For us though it literally took ONE night with both kids and they never got to the point of being so distressed they threw up so it worked for us. If they didn't then we would have had to try something else. I have gf's who for them the same thing happened and they had to try other methods of settling. All kids are different and we adapt and adjust everything we do every day. xoxox

[Olive]

we've had many sleep issues with DD2, when she suddenly stop self settling at night and started needing to be with her, we sat in her room, didnt look at her, no contact etc.. and waited til she fell asleep then left,we did this for a few months until sudddenly one night she self settled, and since we havnet had to stay with her since. maybe try that

[AwesomeFoursome]

My DD won't go to sleep on her own anymore either. My DS was the same, couldn't let him cry for even 1 or 2 minutes or he would vomit.

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

Reading your post, I don't think she cried so much she made herself sick. I think she wasn't going to sleep because she was sick and she threw up in the night - when she's better I think she'll go off on her own again. Til then, all you can do is love her to sleep. DS goes through phases where he will selfsettle, need someone in the room, need patting - or whenn he is ill, like last night, not go to sleep until 5am. At least it is short-term!

[MummaSue]