Hey guys, I'm back and looking for a bit of reassurance. I got Tracy's book - how t solve all your problems... and I've been watching reruns of her series and last night I didn't feed Abbie to sleep. I did the bedtime routine and cluster fed her round evening and then put her in her cot. I used a mixture of pu/pd and shh-pat because it was very difficult to keep lifting her and putting her down and she was inclined to start crying before she even hit the matress on top of which everytime i picker her up she went straight for the breast, so I sat by the cot not engaging or making eye-contact with her but saying shh and rubbing gently or patting some part of her body (she crawled all over the place) as I felt that she knew i was there and not abandoning her that way - do you think this was ok? I so don't want to break the bond of trust. She cried a lot (I tried not too myself) and it took an hour and she went to sleep. She then woke at 11.45 (at which point I fed her to keep her going for the night), 2.10 (10 minutes to settle without feed), 4.10 (5 mins, no feed), 4.45 (as before), 6.10 and then I woke her myself at 7 and fed her, but she dozed off til 8, but I fed her cereal as usual at 8.15 and put her down for her nap at 10 - she settled in 30 mins this time. I'm perserverig but just want to be reassured that I'm not breaking the bond of trust. For the first time in a while, she had a really good feed when she woke. I'm exhausted, but will persevere. The hourly waking started about a week ago - she had been sleeping 9-7 before that, so I'm increasing my calories during the day and not nursing her to sleep during those times in the hopes of breaking the habit. Haven't had any success with the bottle yet, although haven't pushed it too hard until, I get the rest sorted. Any pearls of wisdom? Am I doing ok? I need reassurance
