A no-cry sleep success story!

[Junglemum]

Thanks for reading and the replies.

Amber- The light is there! You'll make it too.
Maz- Don't be too tough on yourself love. 4 kids is a juggling act at any time. You do an amazing job, Mateaz is a well loved little man.
Cass and Krysalyss- Thanks . Yep good advice Krys.........

give yourself a break. Follow your instinct to just love and enjoy your child. The long-term benefits come out in all aspects of their life.

[aussienic]

Thanks for your story.. It has come at a good time.. I have been leaving my DD to cry in her bed as I thought maybe thats what she needs to go to sleep.. but I think I will take a different approach

[~kellie~]

Thanks Ange for sharing your story - and well done! I too can now see the light at the end of the tunnel!

Do you think it took about 2 months to work?

[Jaycee]

It's great to hear of a success story, thank you!
It seems there are a few of us out there at the moment going through sleep problems.
Although I can't actually see the light at the end of the tunnel at the moment, your story has made me realise, there is a light and one day I will see it

[Marlene]

Thanks for posting a great success story! I am one that is getting pressure (even from DH) to let Jack "cry it out" but I refuse too, so glad to see "comforting" work for you.

[Rahjah]

oh how lovely to read a positive story like this, thanks for sharing!

What did you do to extract yourself from your bubs sleep association, out of interest? I'm tossing up whether to do that or not, I'm really just wondering if I have the patience and committment right now. It seems easier just to stay doing what we are doing IYKWIM.

Good on you! Tell us what you did

[Junglemum]

Kellie- i guess it took two to three months......

The reason i posted my story was to give others a bit of light at the end of that long tunnel. Once peoples babies sleep well you don't hear much about them anymore, just all the horror stories! So i am glad it has encouraged at least a couple of people.

Rah- Basically what i did was deal with one thing at a time. So, to stop the feeding to sleep, i would pull her off and just rock her. If she was upset i'd put her back on. I certainly didn't put her back on at the first cry because often shed let out a protest squark and then settle. But if she was upset and wouldn't be comforted by a cuddle and rocking i'd put her back on. I would do this a few times until i felt i didn't want to persist as it was getting hard, then i would just feed her to sleep. The next time i'd do it all over again until it got to the point where i could rock her to sleep.
Once we were at this point i worked on putting her down a little bit awake and rubbing her tummy or patting her until she fell asleep. Same thing again, if she got upset i'd pick her up and cuddle her until she settled then try again. If it wasn't working i just rocked her to sleep and then put her down.
Like i said, she would let out a little cry, but not an upset one. I was happy for her to have a grizzle but i stayed with her and alwaysh comforted her if she got upset.
This is what worked for me, but as you all know, every baby is different so you might need to things a bit differently.

If any of this sounds like a good idea I really recommend reading 'no cry sleep solutions'. I only read it once, but it gave me confidence to know i was doing the right thing. And the most important thing is if you are getting somewhere and then have a bad night and have to revert to old methods such as feeding to sleep, IT DOESN'T MATTER. You havn't ruined everything, just keep going the next time.
Best of luck to everyone.