Hi ladies. Is anyone around to offer me some much needed support with sleepsense programme? It's our first night tonight & I am struggling with the crying - 4.5 hrs & counting. LO is used to nursing to sleep - she's 12 wks old & never naps & struggles to sleep because she's overtired. I'm crying Too!!
Thanks in advance.
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Big ((hugs)) we didnt start sleepsense that early but hopefully someone can offer some advise who has. I can certainly offer lots of hugs though

Sorry I missed this - hopefully you got through it ok. We did it at about the same age and it was horrible the first night, but it did subside over the following days. Absolutely stick with it. Abby is now nearly three and has been a brilliant sleeper since we started with sleepsense. She goes for naps and goes to bed without a complaint.

Keep us updated on your progress.

Hi. Well, we tried it for 2 nights & gave up for now LO didn't stop screaming the whole time - at no point was she calm enough to put back in her crib so it was nearly 5 hours of pacing a room with a hysterical infant - awful experience. Do you think it's worth emailing sleepsense to see what they advise? The book seemed to assume that baby would settle after a cuddle.
Thanks again for replying!

I started at four months with Thomas - I'm not sure that I could really have started before that because he was too bad with wind and I'm not sure that he would have been able to settle. I would probably wait a few weeks and try again.

Definitely email them, they are very helpful.

How about trying her in the crib rather than lifting her? It may be she didn't want cuddles. You can still soothe her lying down. If you are sure all her needs are met, There is no problem starting at that age.

Hi is anybody still Reading this?? I really need help. After months of procastinating we decided to start ss with sally on fri. Well when I say we I really mean me. Dh sleeps in a seperate room so isn't around for nights. Sally has been able to self settle with a dummy for ages but we wanted to get rid of it as I was putting it back in several times a night.

Bedtime is ok now- she is very sleepy from bf but she is just awake and either goes down fine or with maybe 30 secs of crying. She naps for an hour in the morning and 2 hours in the afternoon. These are variable but maybe 2-5 mind of crying which is fine.

My problem is when she wakes at night. She was having 2-3 bf each night and I don't think she's ready to stop night feeds yet. So tonight she woke at midnight. I waited 10 mind but she was getting more upset so I went in and fed her. she dozed off feeding but then woke up as I was moving her. I laid her down and left ( we do leave and check). She's been awake ever since. Screaming intermingled with moaning, chatting and laughing. Last time I went in she had rolled onto her front was wedged in the corner of the cot screaming. Last night she did this for over 2 hrs, eventually I fed her again and she dozed off. Tonight I tried staying in the room but that just seemed to upset her more. I'm so exhausted now. I'm getting maybe 3 hrs sleep a night and I'm really struggling. Should I just leave her to it after the night feed? Should I keep going in every 10 mins? Should I sit with her? I'm guessing she's probably on her front again. I'm at my wits end. I'm so tempted just to put my fingers in my ears and go to sleep. I want to abandon the whole thing and give her back the dummy - I just really need some sleep.

I wouldn't have thought at 7 months, there needs to be 3 feeds a night. But can understand not wanting to give them up. Maybe pick one feed to keep?

Abby went through a phase in SS of being awake for hours in the night. She was settled enough so we just left her. It only lasted about a week.

It sounds like your LO is doing something similar, albeit is more vocal about it. Unless you think your LO needs something from you, I would leave them to it. Consistency is the key.

Hi chick...Ally has done a bit of this...seemingly ready to play at awful o'clock. She's still in with us, and after a couple of nights we fed, put her back in her cot and did lots of shhhhh. About three nights in, and she was sleeping properly again. Same cannot be said for the early starts, and I think we may have to take a consistent approach to those, as she's clearly tired v early...

Thanks for the replies it's nice not to feel alone! Foogirl I agree one night feed is fine and the first few nights of SS she only had one. I think tonight I will feed her if it's after midnight and then just leave her to sort herself out. Eventually last night she fell asleep after crying off and on for ages. Nothing I did seemed to make much difference though. It's just so hard in the middle of the night especially when I'm worried she's disturbing Helen. I also find it so weird that the middle of the night waking is the sticky point. With Helen nightimes were easier, it was naps which took weeks to sort!