| Hi, I have used a mix of letting my duaghter cry and also going in and picking her up when she wont settle, put her back down, again and again etc. My daughter is now 4 months and has been sleeping through as such from about 10 weeks. We do a small top up feed (she is bottle feed by the way!) at 10pm, which we are going to drop from tomorrow night (fingers crossed) and she sleeps until 7am. Lately, every now and again she doesn't seem happy to be put down, even though she is very tired, and will start to really cry and work herself up. Now we just let her cry and time it, as even a short period of crying seems like an hour and the longest she has cried for is 7 minutes. We don't use a dummy as we started to when she was very young and would wake up once it fell out of her mouth - now she sucks her thumb to settle herself and then lets it go and stays asleep. This way should she wake up (which does happen now and again) she can settle herself to sleep without assistance. I have also been told by "people" that when the baby shares a room with someone else they start to get used to that persons breathing and noises and will often become dependant on those noises to settle. Why not take the maid out, try the patting and settling (baby whisp) routine and let her cry a little and see how you go? I have also found with our daughter that a structured nap and feeding routine druing the day really helps as she gets used to going to bed at a certain time. Good luck!  |