I can higly recommend No Cry Sleep Solutions, it really aligned with us and our commitment to gentle methods.
I also want to say that I have worked in two centres (am still working in one ), and at both centres we follow a very strict policy of comforting a child, and NEVER leaving a child who is distressed to cry it out under any circumstance. I hope you have other care options in your area, I can't imagine how hard it would be to drop your child off and spend the day wondering if your child is being made to cry it out.
Controlled crying in CC is pretty rare, actually (I've worked in a couple more centres than Leash and have only ever seen once place that does it) for more than one reason:
* Most centres claim to follow home routines where possible
* Leaving children to cry is not best practice
* It stops other children from settling.
If they want to do it, and you're not happy about it, I will give you some ideas on who you can write complaint letters to to make them do it your way.
Just wanted to update the thread and let you guys know that you were all, of course, absolutely right. My controlled crying fears were totally off base, thank god!
I actually took Caden in to the centre yesterday; we dropped in on my sister and then spent a bit of time in the babies room. As it turns out, they do use controlled crying, but only on babies whose parents indicate that that is what they do at home. They will stick as best as possible to Caden's own routine, including settling and sleeping.
I feel SO MUCH better now; thank you all for correcting my assumption and prompting me to look into it.
We have happily gone back to our cuddling/rocking naptime routine, with some changes. I'm not waiting until he's deeply asleep before putting him down, now; I've been putting him down partially awake. I'm going to start phasing out the white noise, too, to make the transition easier for him, and I've had to put an end to the co-sleeping as he is now crawling like a champ, and I'm afraid he'll crawl down to the end of the bed while I'm asleep and fall off!
Thanks again for the advice; I'm happy to know I was freaking out over nothing!
), and at both centres we follow a very strict policy of comforting a child, and NEVER leaving a child who is distressed to cry it out under any circumstance. I hope you have other care options in your area, I can't imagine how hard it would be to drop your child off and spend the day wondering if your child is being made to cry it out.
Reply With Quote
and have only ever seen once place that does it) for more than one reason:
Bookmarks