I have followed this, but my lo will only have an hour at lunch time so she has 45 mins at 4.15pm. I dont wake her up at 10.30, i just give her a dream feed. I feel happier as everyday we know what time she will have her feeds and sleeps, and i think she is a happier baby for this. I dont practice controlled crying. I havnt got the paticence!!! Ive read this book from start to finish several times and there are descriptions of babies htat Gina has looked after, on some of them to introduce them to the 6 week routinue first.

Good luck with it all, i highly recommend it,x

hi, I responded to your cc thread... just to let you know that today my lo came into light sleep after about 45 mins of sleep at the lunchtime nap then cried for 20 mins (I left him as I knew he would be better having the full 2 hours) then went back to sleep, next light sleep woke up and cried out once then back to sleep. I feel like I have made a breakthough ! Yesterday he cried for 40 mins before going to sleep at lunch and was only asleep for an hour and 15mins then would not settle.

I plan to wake him tonight for the first time at 10 and keep him up for an hour so he feeds well like the book suggests... the main thing that will make me do it is that I know it will work for him as a few weeks ago we took him to A&E around half nine and he was then awake at hospital came home half ten ish (after establishing that he did not hav whooping cough just a bog standard cough - first time mum ,took a full feed back to bed did not wake up until 7.15.

Wish me luck tonight and lets hope he will settle back to sleep afterwards !!!

I swear by the ten thirty pm feed - it's worked with both my boys and my youngest has just given it up. With my DS1 I was rigid, as I found that best for me but with dS2 I was a lot more confident and felt more comfortable with letting him take the lead a bit more. I think do what you feel comfortable with - I was happy to do CC with both of mine and as a consequence they hardly ever cried and are both happy children - everyone comments on how lucky I am - I'm always quick to point out it wasn't just luck - a lot of hard work too!!! lol.

I've seen my friends and relatives who have always responded straight off to their kids and been a lot softer than me, and all but one of them really struggles now with their kid's sleep patterns and behaviour so for me I feel it worked great. I don't think it's the answer for everyone but I say take what you like from it and leave what you don't!! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions or anything - HTH xx

Thanks I still don't fancy waking her at 1030 though I doubt she will go back down again!!! i've tried it today and it sort of worked until now and she just won't have a nap so is swinging in her seat and still not sleeping so will carry on with it for bath and bedtime and we'll see.  Well I stuck to half the day in routine but how i'm going to manage it while I've got to go out with her Monday from 10-1400ish I'm not sure as she will miss her lunchtime nap so will just have to do it on days that we are home and poss cc on monday when we get back.

Thanks ladies all your comments are really helpful

hi my lo was terrible at sleeping and even at 18 months we struggled to get her down at night before 10pm, but just before dd2 was born we started the cc and it worked a treat on her even then... i wish we had done it earlier, it only took 2 weeks and now she tell us when it's bed time. 

My friend started her LO at about 5 months.  Its worked brilliantly for her!

I could never stick to such a strict routine tho, im too lazy lol 

Thanks Caz do you have to stick to the times rigidly?? or just adapt it to when your lo wakes up?

Hiya I didn't use the GF book with my DS1 tll he was 4 months it worked a treat. You need to figure out which routine your lo fits into at the moment and then work on from there iyswim!! x x

Hi ladies well i put the controlled crying thread on and thanks for all your advice.  I've been given the Gina Ford contented little baby book to see if that would help the sleeping to get her in a pattern.

Did any of you start the routines later on as not only is she not sleeping during the day but has for a few weeks changed her feeding and is taking little and often and thought this might be another reason for her not sleeping during the day as she is snacking 3-4 oz then another 3-4 an hour later.

Thanks ladies she is 14 wks now and wanted to know if the routine worked if started now into the 4+ month periods

Lisa xx