Sleep Sense Program

We are on our 6th night of this programme. It is working really well for us so far but is sometimes hard work. I was anti CC or CIO methods but this book explains things well and made me feel a lot better about doing it.
Dont want to go on and on but....
Henry was waking every hour during the night and only ever sleeping for 40 minutes at a time during the day. I was a walking time bomb and a wreck. He is now waking twice during the night - and thats only because we haven't tried weaning him yet (gonna wait a few more months) and has 3sleeps a day about an hour to an hour and a half each. I am feeling more human again (finally). I would fully recommend it. Other people in my antenatal coffee group are doing it too and all have had positive results.
Do you have a copy of the book?

Its a programme to help teach your child to fall asleep on their own
The person who wrote it believes in a clear bedtime routine, some crying and a lot of reasurance.

been meaning to post, we're using bits of it and find it pretty useful, angel is totally right, somehow explaining about babies crying makes me feel ok when he does cry for a bit, he is settling by himself much better.

We are perhaps taking it a bit slower, sitting with him when he first goes down and we are using a dummy still for now and will progress onto no props but already going to sleep by himself we have had longer daytime sleeps for the first time in ages.

I heart the sleep sense program. I did the CC method and it totally worked a treat. There was nothing more rewarding then seeing my 7 1/2 mth old smiling and snuggling into his pillow the 4th night of using it. He has loved his sleep times every since and has been a great sleeper ever since too. 18mths down the track my son toddles off to bed and snuggles down so happily no matter what the time is day or night..  Did I mention I heart the sleep sense prog lol

 

 

just thought id post an undate on how its going for us - last night was our 6th night and henry our almost 6month old son went to sleep within 10minutes (a little protest when first put down but no crying) at 7pm and slept until 2am when he had a feed and then through til 7am (i think he may have slept longer but he could hear people up). I am stocked!!! He has now gone down for his morning nap - he went down at 9am and is out to it. I am so happy with this programme. Im telling everyone about it lol

Angel thats fantastic news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am mainly using it to help him go down, he has always been good once down and today at 9 I put him down wide awake, sat with him for 5 minutes, no rocking or nothing, he had the dummy for a few mins, i took it out and he fell asleep, just like that - brill.

I am going to slowly reduce this time i sit there, but i'm sure putting him down awake helps him stay down longer.

Bif fan here too, Kels and i were doing it at about the same time, and worked a treat for both of us. I remmebr emailing around my illisicit electronic copy on here. sorry all gone now as the virus ate it. Even now I refer back to it when we have little hiccups. Fay came out of hospital in october (after chicken pox) and her sleep settling ahd gone to pot. 3 nights of the methods and we are back to nromal again. If ( and it's a big if) we have another, I will use sleep sense from the start, not after no sleep for 8 months

i have a copy i can email to people if they want it. Just PM me. Though we are moving next week so may not have internet connection for a bit after we move.

i read it... and took bits from it..

if you are at your witts end i would say its a good place to start... really helped us

Good Luck

Mr 10mths has been a terrible sleeper since he was 5 weeks old (I was the 6 week growth spurt that never ended!) He was still feeding up to four times a night, and being in his own room and with me breastfeeding meant I was the one left to deal with it. As of Friday night we went cold turkey with the feeds, if he wakes he gets water in a sippy cup, a cuddle and put back to bed. People have told me it will take 3 nights and then he will get it, my child obviously is the exception to the rule....