For those considering CIO before 6 months...

NewMommy423

I understand with this subject everyone has a million different views, but I thought this link was interesting as a mother that has struggled with night sleeping even before this dreadful 4 month wakeful.  I personally will never do CIO, but it gives good guidelines as to when it's possibly acceptable.  Good luck to all you ladies that have non-STTNer's!

https://www.kellymom.com/parenting/sleep/4mo-sleep.html

sleepingbeauty825

sleepingbeauty825

sleepingbeauty825:

wrong face. Oh well, effective enough.

MamaSquish

huh...thanks for sharing.   

mrsdeanna

Thanks for posting -  I am dreading the 4 month wake but just have to roll with it. 

jessface926

NewMommy423

mrsdeanna:

Thanks for posting -  I am dreading the 4 month wake but just have to roll with it. 

Well, hopefully you don't have to go through it.  A lot of my girlfriends actually never experienced it, but I surely am, and it is SO hard.  DD already got up once or twice a night, which is fine - my body had adjusted, but as of Friday it has been about every 2 hours from 7:30pm - 7:00am.  I now totally understand how mothers get to the point of wanting to explore CIO after this experience!

mrsdeanna

NewMommy423:

mrsdeanna:

Thanks for posting -  I am dreading the 4 month wake but just have to roll with it. 

Well, hopefully you don't have to go through it.  A lot of my girlfriends actually never experienced it, but I surely am, and it is SO hard.  DD already got up once or twice a night, which is fine - my body had adjusted, but as of Friday it has been about every 2 hours from 7:30pm - 7:00am.  I now totally understand how mothers get to the point of wanting to explore CIO after this experience!

I have a feeling that I might have "experienced" the 4 month wake last night.  DS woke up every 3 hours to feed. Was not fussy at all, was just awake and wanted to eat.  Crossing my fingers he sleeps tonight and its not the start of it.  But like I said, if it is, I will just have to deal.  

AmyLee11

wow, that is interesting.  this, coming from a person who was just told by her pediatrician (at DS's 4mo. appt) to let him cry it out & that he doesn't need to eat b/w 12-4am.

 ALSO, statistically, only 30% of moms EBF at 3 months, so the majority of people that a pediatrician sees at this point wouldn't fall under this category.  that's probably why they would give such horrible advice.

very interesting.

LaurelBee

At my 3mo apt my dr told us the reason our son wasn't sttn was because we went into ds room everytime he cries and because I offer him the boob if I can't console him by rocking/snuggling. The worst part is dh bought into that crap and wants to let him cio for 10mins each time he wakes.

lil_rhody

HSHHC suggests that it's fine for a child to wake up up to twice a night to eat until 9 months, which I think is a good middle ground.

A child waking up once or twice a night to eat and going right back to sleep is not a reason I'd think most people would consider CIO. When the baby is waking up every 60-90 minutes, it's more likely it's a sleep association issue than a hunger issue though, and that's when most people consider sleep training (no necessarily CIO, though CIO is one of the options).