Possums sleep approach

So I haven’t personally but I’m in a group on Facebook called ‘the beyond sleep training project’ which advocates this approach and you’ll find lots of real life stories of people who have used it x

It's definitely similar to what we've naturally done (lots of activities, plenty of time outside etc) but one thing we don't do ATM is have a fixed wake up time. If she sleeps in I make the most of it! I think I'm just fed up that she can connect sleep cycles for naps but at night wakes every 40 minutes and needs feeding back to sleep. Feel like I must be doing something wrong after my HV was horrified and said she'd refer us for help.

so at the moment I feed her lying down (she's in a side car cot which is like a massive next to me). I've tried patting, shushing and hand holding but haven't got her out to try rocking yet. With the patting she got worked up quite quickly so I just gave milk to get her off quickly. But perhaps it's something to try again gently. I think we'd both feel so much better if she could do a longer 2 or 3 hour stretch. HV said to give water instead every other feed but I know it's for comfort rather than thirst because she doesn't have much she just sucks like 3 times then falls asleep!