Ok, so I'm very much the 'gentle parent' in regards to: I feed my bub to sleep, we co sleep , I am VERY against controlled crying/comforting....

My daughter has been on me like GLUE the past week to the point where I even have to take naps when she does and go to bed at night when she does and I have NO TIME to myself AT ALL! The most she can handle being out of my arms is 10 mins...

I have been trying tonight to get her to sleep in her own cot and I haven't left her side at all and have been picking her up for a cuddle every 5 mins or so for comfort before putting her back in the cot and stroking her hair and shhhing her etc.

She has been crying HORRIBLY and I am just so upset and angry that I don't know what do do anymore! I just need some time to myself... a half hour would be fantastic right now! I had to wake her dad up, who was asleep on the couch and he is with her now and I'm crying right now because I am at my wits end.

Ok, so no controlled crying here.....can someone, anyone tell me what I do bleedin do instead!? Or does gentle parenting mean parent has not a second to themselves?

Sorry for the rant...it just seems as though it's controlled crying or it's give everything to the bub and to hell with the parents sanity...