As my thread title suggests (!) I'm constantly being told that CC is my 'only option'... that I'm certifiably insane not to be doing it etc... Have been told by three friends in as many days, and then this afternoon the bloody cranial osteopath decided to lecture me about it as well!!! Had taken DD there in (probably foolish, but desperate) hope cranial osteopathy might help, and while telling me it might help the osteopath also told me very bossily that I really should have tried CC by now, he'd never met a baby it didn't work on.
Friends over the weekend were going on at me about it... I have absolutely no issue with other people doing it btw, the friends who have done it have perfectly delightful and lovely children who have clearly in no way suffered from being allowed to cry as babies! I just know it's not for me. I cannot/will not let DD cry for me and not go to her. I don't mean I think it's ok to rush in at the slightest murmur (she is 8m now btw) but I won't lie there in bed while she screams 'um-um-um' (her new attempt, I think, at saying 'mummy' and not go.
But I am not the most confident person and I am doubting myself :(
Am I an idiot/wimp, as everyone is implying, for struggling on through the months of sleep deprivation when a few nights of CC might solve it all? (though I have to say am unconvinced by notion that it works on ALL babies; anyway in our case DD is a full-throttle SCREAMER and proving to be a very strong little character already, albeit a cheery and happy one, so I couldn't be sure it would work on her tbh!!)
I might sound quite upbeat but I am really getting into a bit of a tizz, the months of sleep deprivation are making me quite emotional and I feel as if everyone I know thinks I am doing it all wrong.
I keep re-iterating that it's just not my thing, but people keep on at me as if it will solve every single problem.
DD has gone into a bad phase of separation anxiety so couldn't letting her cry just make it worse? I just worry that she will lose trust in me.
Sorry for rambling but can anyone (CC-ers or non-CC-ers!) make me feel in the slightest better?!
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Feeling bullied about CC (everyone insisting it's my only option!) and needing a bit of cheering up :(
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emeraldgirl1 · 06/11/2013 20:04
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