wish me luck!

[Heaven]

Good luck! You can do it!
I'm still feeding DD to sleep too. But I second the Jay Gordon stuff. She is now able to self-settle during the night quite often.

[indie24]

Good luck. My niece recently had a phone interview with them and the advice they gave her has helped. It is surprisingly a "gentle" method. But in saying that her little man is older.

Hope it all works out for the best

[tellytubby]

oh good luck!
another book i enjoed reading was the no cry sleep solution

[BekZ]

All the best. I love the no cry sleep solution too

[Miss E]

Good luck with it all hon x

[MummaSue]

Good luck!!
I also have the no cry sleep solution and have implemented a few of the ideas which seem to be working! Although, not all the time (but my LO is only 2 months old).

Hope it works out for you.
Sue xxx

[sloane]

thanks everyone. i'm feeling very warm & fuzzy now after reading all your responses

olive - i've had a look at dr jay gordon's stuff & i really like the sound of it. i was planning to give his night weaning a go after DS turns 1. i love his attitude of ' pay the baby' .

re-the NCSS, i think that's the approach i'm going for. i have temporarily misplaced my copy but i'm going to have a look around for it & try & follow it.

marcellus - thank you! i have never had any indication from DS that he would self-settle (or sleep for more than 2 hours at any time of day ) but this morning i stopped patting the mattress when he looked close to sleep & instead of doing his usual - eyes snap wide open, ready to get up again, he drifted off. so that gave me the idea that maybe i could gently coax him along a bit. he just did it again. small steps!!

Nicole S - i found DS was starting to get a bit hit & miss with whether he'd actually feed to sleep so i've tried to stop it (unless he's really tired) in the last week or two. i think it helps that my DS sleeps on a king single mattress on the floor of his room - it means i can lie next to him & give him a cuddle. he just gets so worked up if he goes in the cot.

okay, i didn't mean to post that much! sorry!