No-Cry Sleep Solution Success!!

charmediamsure · September 2012

I posted the other day about being at the end of my rope because J is in his 4 month wakeful (can someone buy my kid a calendar?!)

We figured that we needed him to learn to put himself back to sleep and since he nurses to sleep and refuses a pacifier we didn't know what to do. So last Thursday we started using Elizabeth Pantley's No-Cry Sleep Solution.

Thursday night it took 80 minutes of pulling him off the boob, giving it back until he would settle to drowsy, lather, rinse, repeat. Exactly one week later, 10 minutes of pulling him off the boob with only whines of protest before I put him in the crib drowsy and he looked at me and smiled then turned his head and closed his eyes to sleep.

So if anyone is or plans to try the NCSS, don't lose hope. It takes time in the beginning but it is so worth it. I can't believe how quickly J picked it up.

metucker · September 2012

Wow, that's great!

raynes · September 2012

That's awesome! I'm really glad it worked for you.

BebeEtMoi · September 2012

I'm glad you've had success! Question- prior to sleep training, if you put your LO to bed awake, or drowsy but awake, would he wakeand protest until you nursed him to sleep? I'm doubtful this method would work for my LO because she will NOT have any of that nonesense, she wants to be nursed/rocked to sleep thank you very much...

dubs3 · September 2012

That's great!! I will definitely look into that!

carawestt · September 2012

BebeEtMoi:
I'm glad you've had success! Question- prior to sleep training, if you put your LO to bed awake, or drowsy but awake, would he wakeand protest until you nursed him to sleep? I'm doubtful this method would work for my LO because she will NOT have any of that nonesense, she wants to be nursed/rocked to sleep thank you very much...

This is how it is for us too.

dubs3 · September 2012

carawestt:
BebeEtMoi:
I'm glad you've had success! Question- prior to sleep training, if you put your LO to bed awake, or drowsy but awake, would he wakeand protest until you nursed him to sleep? I'm  doubtful this method would work for my LO because she will NOT have any of that nonesense, she wants to be nursed/rocked to sleep thank you very much...

This is how it is for us too.

Us three. She'll look up at me and smile like 'Aww, you really thought that was gonna work? That's adorable. Now gimme that boob!!'

charmediamsure · September 2012

carawestt:
BebeEtMoi:
I'm glad you've had success! Question- prior to sleep training, if you put your LO to bed awake, or drowsy but awake, would he wakeand protest until you nursed him to sleep? I'm doubtful this method would work for my LO because she will NOT have any of that nonesense, she wants to be nursed/rocked to sleep thank you very much...

This is how it is for us too.

If I didn't nurse him to sleep and then hold him until he was in a deep sleep his eyes would snap open the minute I put him down and he would cry. Honestly. I was holding him until his limbs were limp and placing him down so gently. Now I stand up right away and put him down drowsy. I never thought this would work for us.

Her book says that in her test families by day 10 42% had success. By day 20 it was 53%. By day 60 it was 92%.

MANDALYOUNG1 · September 2012

That's wonderful news. Congrats!

Harper'smom · September 2012

That's wonderful! Props to your hard work and patience. Doing the Pantley Pull off for 80 mins is no joke.

charmediamsure · September 2012

Harper'smom:
That's wonderful! Props to your hard work and patience. Doing the Pantley Pull off for 80 mins is no joke.

Right?! My nipples were on FIRE. I had switch sides 40 minutes in. I usually pump after he goes to bed and it did not happen that night. lol. And that's why I thought this would never work for him or, at the very least, it would take him 60 days. I'm so glad I stuck it out.

hass2001 · September 2012

That's awesome! As a fellow nursing to sleep mom I can relate. I might have to start using this when we transition to crib. Right now it works for us to nurse dd and place her next to me in the bassinet. She's pretty quick about it too, it takes about 30 min to get her down to bed then about 15 for her motn feed. However, I would like one day to just walk her to her bed, lay her down and walk away and she goes to sleep... Tempting!