I went to the MCHN Mothers Group today and was talking to the MCHN about DS sleeping patterns.

He is 100% breast fed to sleep and at 8 months i am wanting to find solutions to help him be able to go to sleep on his own.. unfotrunately the MCHN's solution is basically CC.

She ahs suggested that i feed him, keep him awake, and then lay him in his cot and leave him for 2mins, then 4, etc etc... now i know my son, and i know with in 2 seconds he will be crying, and there is NO WAY i will be leaving him crying for 2 minutes EVER


SOOOO... I was wondering if anyone could please offer me some USEFULL advice on COMFORTED sleeping to help my son go from being awake to sleeping in his cot.

I am supposed to go back to see her on Monday and tell her how we have progressed.

DS is quite a mover now and definatly doesnt lay down in us cot, he is up and crawling aorund, and at the moment, the closest we have come to not breast feeding to sleep is to feed until he is very sleep, and then he will pull off and snuggle with me to sleep- but i have never put him down fully awake and gotten him to sleep.

We have a fairly set night time routine of dinner/bath/quiet story and snuggle and then feed- which at the moment i do in the lounge room and have been thinking of moving a comfy chair into his room to start the night time routine happening in there.

Thanks for any ideas or help.. i would love to go in there and say I have chosen to do this and this and it is working better than leaving him to cry.

She even tried to tell me that there are no proven instances of harm in leaving a baby to cry once they are past 6 months old!!! And that its normal for them to crawl around and cry themselves to sleep as they are just "talking" to them selves until they sleep. Hmmm talking is one thing, but the few times i have tried to lay DS down- he aint talking, he is very upset and crying.

Thanks again!!