Gentle Self-settling: on the right track?

[Smoke Jaguar]

Well, for the record, Oscar hardly ever completes a 45 min sleep during the day and we have a great sleep of a night. We co-sleep and neither of us fully wakes for night feeds, so we are not one of those horror stories I can't believe health nurses purvey that crap! Mine has obviously been a good experience through the MCHN system!
ETA: I can fully understand how sleep deprivation can make you desperate for some kind of answer, ANY answer and that in the heat of the moment, CIO could make some kind of sense. It is absolutely not recommended for babies under 6 months of age because there was a time when parents were using this and there were infants presenting with dehydration, failure to thrive etc because the babies needs were not being met. As I've said in another thread, there is no study available to suggest that Controlled Crying/Comforting (CC) is safe. Ethical boards just wouldn't permit such a study...that, to me, is an indication of the 'merits' of CC. I'm glad you've found a happy medium for now! Someone else said it, too, but babies' needs change so much even within the first year, so flexibility is the key