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Roxy 
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Posted: 11 January 2006 at 9:59am |
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just wonderingif anyone else has done the controlled crying thing to teach their baby to self settle?.....if so from what age?we are doing it with Brooke and she is 8wks....seems the only way to get her to sleep at night......do you guys think thats mean?????our first child Caleb was always cuddled or red to sleep and still is not the best sleeper(3 yrs on) so we would really like to get the sleep thing sorted frm now with brooke..
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meow
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Posted: 11 January 2006 at 10:24am |
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I've tried it since my girl was 6 months old, off and on.. but then we give up when we are extremely tired and revert to other ways (cuddles, bottle etc).
Now at 18 months we've had enough, we're using it every night, hopefully soon we'll see some results. I wish she would let us read her a book before bed and go to sleep quietly without screaming to sleep each night!
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AlyAyde
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Posted: 11 January 2006 at 10:53am |
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I did it with both my girls.
But if you are doing it with Brooke i wouldnt do it until her pain is under control. As if she does have reflux/colic then crying actually makes it worse.
I forgot to say have you tried giving her a dummy someitmes babies with reflux, colic just love something to suck and a dummy seems to help.
Have you been to the www.cryingoverspiltmilk.co.nz website they have some great advice on there too.
How is her feeding etc?
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k&jsmum
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Posted: 11 January 2006 at 12:58pm |
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i did it with one of my boys. Jaidyn was about 9mths and it tokk only a couple of nights. But im with angelnz - get her colic/reflux thing sorted and you may find you dont even need to do the controlled crying.
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mum2paris
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Posted: 11 January 2006 at 2:21pm |
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i think also that it's imporant to know your baby's crys
we have always done that with our girls, putting htem to bed awake, but knowing if their crying was "i'm crying cos i'm sleepy and i'm trying to fight it" or an "i'm not going to sleep! no way!" kinda cry.
it's worked for us.
we still have odd times where we bend the rules
and well lately ayja has been a nuts at bed time, but now crying, just rolling about cos she can. still, better than screaming i say.
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kasbee
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Posted: 11 January 2006 at 3:43pm |
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With my oldest and with the twins i just learnt when they were tired and put them in bed. With the twins i just keep track off what time they get up and they normally stay up for 1-2 hours then i put them back down.. They had a dummy at the start but they would just spit and out and cry so i would go put it back in, spit it out, put it back in...Now they are tummy sleepers and both suck there thumbs so thats good. It is hard to get them in a routine where they put themself of to sleep, but it doesn't take long before they get the idea that being put in bed means time to go to sleep, that probably makes me sound like i'm a really hard mum, but i think it just makes life so much easier.
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Posted: 12 January 2006 at 12:01pm |
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Hi, I'm Jo, and this is my 1st time adding to the forum. Keegan is 9 weeks today and we have the the good old 10 minute Plunket rule since days one. And it is very rare that he goes past the 10 minutes. I agree with knowing their cry, as the heat really affect Keegan and there is no way he'll cry himself to sleep when he is too hot, crying just makes him hotter.
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Posted: 12 January 2006 at 1:21pm |
Wow there are a few Keegans around on here these days.... lol. must be a popular name. 
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