DH used to joke about sleep school, but has learnt that even the jokes upset me. He's wonderfully supportive though. He doesn't like to hear DS cry either, so he's more than supportive of the gentle approach. I would never judge anyone that goes down the CC/CIO path because I'm sure they have their own reasons and beliefs (like my SIL who had to go back to work at about 8 weeks, therefore really had to get sleep sorted out quickly...) but for our little man I just feel so comfortable with gentle methods.

Oh, and mbear, like you I went through a phase where what people were saying started to get to me and I started feeling rather down about things and started to actually feel tired. Once I accepted that Kyson just needs to wake up for a couple of extra feeds a nice and rolled with it I found myself much more at ease with the whole situation and I don't tend to feel tired anymore. Well, we do have the occasional bad night where he is unsettled and I find myself spending half the night settling him, but those nights are pretty rare.

Lol @ "Should Police" !!