Your Controlled Crying POSITIVE stories

[PlonkeeMumma]

I guess what we did with Isla wasn't cc as such but probably wouldn't have been considered 'gentle' either. Just before her first birthday we were so exhausted as she was waking up 3 or 4 times a night and wouldn't settle without a boob so we had to do something. I decided i wouldn't feed between 12ish and 5. We couldn't just leave her to cry but if i went to her it would confuse her about why i wouldn't feed her so we used my dh instead. Once she'd stood up in the cot and started getting upset then dh would go to her and lay her back down gently and say 'sleepy time' and walk away. As soon as she'd stood up again he was back 'sleepy time' again and again. And yes she did cry and it was pretty horrible but she'd tired herself out after about 40 minutes with the gaps between her standing up getting longer and longer. She wasn't left to cry for any length of time, each time she got upset dh would go to her and do the sleepy time thing.She was in a cot at the end of our bed and i was so sad as when she fell asleep i knew she'd got upset as she was still doing the 'sniffs' for quite a while after. Anyway, second night, she stands up middle of the night ocl****, dh get up to go to her and she takes one look at him coming to her (not me) and flings herslef back on her humphrey (comforter) and that was it. She's not woken up since and went into her own room a week or so later with no hassle what-so-ever. So while it's not great at the time doing something like that may work.
good luck

Julie x