Hi everyone,

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!