Done CC and feel like crying!

[joeyjo]

Well done to all you girlies with older babies who manage it. Not sure I could for several reasons....
1.) I worry about him needing winding as very often when I pick him up if he has cried whilst going to sleep or woken after just a few hours he has brought up wind as I pick him up. This is the main reason
2.) he generally settles well & sleeps well
3.) I will leave him for 1-2min in the night, sometimes set his monitor music going - usually he settles or it has begun to escalate.

Billybump - looking at your ticker your baby seems too young to do CC - it's not recommended before 6 months. I think a minute or 2 to see if he settles is fine ( or to clear your head and regather your cool ) but I wouldn't go doing longer periods. A baby at his age cries coz he needs something even if that something is just comfort.

Well done you. My Lo does the hiccup cry in his sleep too and usually he goes to sleep properly after a while. I've only done short periods of cc 5 mins max because I'm still getting used to everything and want to reassure him still (plus I'm worried about being branded a bad mum) his dad tho will cuddle him as he spends so little time with us that he likes the cuddle. I think it takes a strong woman to do cc as its easier to feed them or cuddle them than listen to that heartbreaking wail even when its in their best interest

 

[celine]

lool Foogirl!
Yea we had to do this too Im afraid, its veyr very hard on the parents and the first few nights I sat in the hall listening to him cry and it tore at my heart, but having a baby that is capable of settling is amazing.

We have had a rough week with lo rushed to Trauma unit on Tue night and we stayed in hospital 2 nights so hehad me all the time so we might have to do some cc revisitng wish us luck!

 

[Lara+sam+bump]

dont wana make anyone feel bad sry but i just wudnt , cant see the point in it at all, causes babies heart rates to rise , makes them feel insercure, a little cuddle and a song doesnt take long !
i cant even understand it anyways
dont wana upset anyone, but its my opinion

try 3 hours of rocking at 3am whilst he screams in your arms, or 45mins+ pushing a buggy back and forth in the living room everytime LO needs a nap, or drivivin round in the car 4 an hour with LO screming, finally he falls asleep you stop the car, he wakes up, it starts again. I only had to do it twice and now LO goes down fine more often than not. Think sometimes people with slightly easier/textbook babies are quick to judge others whose babies have more trouble working out the world. Not meaning to upset anyone

ive FAR from a textbook baby, ur judging me straight off, ive read the cons of CC in the past and find it really awful for wot the babies going thro when ur leaving them to cry !!
and dont even begin to tell me wot its like when u cant get a baby 2 sleep for hrs n hrs on end THEN go to wrk at 9am

all im saying is this is somat i just cudnt do

You said and I quote "a song and a cuddle dont take long" I simply replied that this is not always the case, as many babies will need 3 hours of songs and cuddles and thats lovely if you feel able to do this every night for the next couple of years. But many mothers including myself are not willing or able to do so. BTW I work aswell, as do lots of other women here.

 

[Foogirl]

BTW I work aswell, as do lots of other women here.

This is an excellent point. I wonder how many mothers are happy to deal with sleepless nights - right up until they go back to work! I know I couldn't deal with it.