My baby is 3 months old and has had colic since she was two weeks old. It has been really really difficult with HOURS of screaming each night. Because of this we have got her in some terrible habits when it comes to sleep. I feel like we are *maybe* coming out of the colic days now (please god!) as the crying at night is greatly reduced but she still relies on these awful habits. Basically I have to wear her in the sling and walk up and down the house in order for her to fall asleep and she also had a pacifier. I then keep her in the sling for an hour as she often wakes at the 45 minute mark and after that I put her in her cot. When she wakes in the night i feed her and try to put her back into the cot but occasionally she ends up staying in our bed. I do the same for naps but she always naps for a max of 45 minutes.

I have been thinking about doing some form of sleep training. After weeks and weeks of screaming I am not willing to do CIO. I was thinking of trying the baby whisperer technique of pick up out down but I don't really know when or if this will work or if there is another method people can recommend. I'm getting really desperate as she is chronically overtired and I want to try and get her in good self soothing habits as it is killing me to spend up to 2 hours walking around the house with her each night and for each nap!!