i have tried letting him cry it just makes him worse. :cry:
Hi Chicka,
You are right, letting him cry does make everything worse. I'm glad you don't want to use that method! Ok, so you've read the book and you are familiar with EASY. EASY is just making sure that Eating and Sleeping are separated by Activity so that the baby doesn't depend on eating to get to sleep. You actually do have him on pretty much an EASY schedule alredy. According to your schedule, you never give him a bottle right before sleep except for at night, which is ok. The only thing that is not working is him having to be rocked to sleep. I believe that is your whole problem. He is used to being rocked, so he can't get back to sleep on his own when he wakes up in the middle of the night. That is where we need to start. Have you read Tracy's sleep interview where she explains the pick up put down method? I believe that is what is going to work for you. You basically put him in his cot, then when he stands up you lay him back down, over and over until he is calm enough to pat off to sleep. There will be a lot of crying, but that is ok because you will be right there with him, so no trust will be broken. There is loads of helpful information on the pick up put down board that will help you, too, so please hop over there and read as much as you can before you start. Have you read the newest BW book - the BW solves all your problems? That has a lot of strategies for your challenge too. The sleep interview is available to download at the top of this forum. I would suggest reading that, then getting back to me with questions.
Good luck with the reading, when you are ready to start, let me know and I'll try to help!
Oh yeah, you said you that nothing worked for you in the BW book...what exactly have you tried?
Sara