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May 2011 Moms
iris427
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*Lisa Frank*
iris427
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I am dying at all the CIO posts.
Don't let your babies give up hope!!!1
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Re: *Lisa Frank*
I know. It's like I can't look away, though. You know me. lol
Me too. I just want people to know they aren't bad parents for wanting a decent night of sleep.
Yeah, and I want parents to know they aren't any less "attached" to their babies because they are teaching them how to sleep. The judgments thrown by anti-CIO'ers just show a lot of ignorance as far as I see it.
I lost my angels 07/2010, 04/2017, 10/2017
Meimsx no more
https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/57960763.aspx
It's hard to hear your baby cry. When we did CIO with our daughter at 11 months old, my husband made me leave the house. She is a particularly stubborn kid and has been a drama queen from birth, so that didn't help things.
With Gus, we would go soothe him every 10 minutes the first night. After about 3 10 minute crying episodes, he fell asleep and he hasn't needed any soothing since. So he's been much easier to sleep train, partly because he is younger and partly because he has a different temperament.
I hope you can figure something that works for Eliza.
AmyG is a little craycray. lol
I like how you use his age as a reason for it being easier. The argument seems to always be (and Amy says it too!) that once baby is more developmentally ready that somehow it might be easier. I believe that the more milestones that pass by (ie; rolling, crawling, walking) the more your baby becomes AWARE, the harder it is to sleep train. Earlier is better, IMO.
Charlie was sleep trained by 5 months (and oh hell did I catch flack for my views on these boards!) Cece hasn't needed much, but if she ever does, I know exactly what I'm up against. It SUCKS. I don't wish it on anyone, but everyone I talk to never deals with it beyond a week (if it's done properly.)
It's really too bad, but to each their own.
Tardy to the party but that was always one of my favorites. Add that to the AP's saying their child would stay with them in the playground because they are attached...and also say their child will go out of their line of sight because they are so securely attached. WHICH IS IT, FOOL?
I totally agree that earlier is easier for a lot of things. Once you start getting into the temper tantrum phase (which for Iris started at like 9 or 10 months), everything gets harder. I can't imagine trying to sleep train an actual toddler. 11 months with her was hard enough.
Honestly the more parenting experience I have, the less I like "attachment parenting." I do a lot of the things it talks about like co-sleeping, babywearing, etc. but the whole ideology just seems more and more ridiculous to me. The whole guilt-mongering over CIO is just one example. I think my first year as a mother would have been a lot better if I had done CIO earlier and stopped worrying so much about everything.
Oh well. It was a valuable learning experience for me and I'm enjoying the second time around so much.
Oh so many posts come to mind here.
And yeah, there's a lot that doesn't make sense if you actually think about it.
I was going to say WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? But, I know where you've been. I hope the return has been an easy transition.
It SUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKS but I am able to leave school at lunch to feed Lila so I get a nice break in there. But ugh.
Awww, I hope things get better. It's nice that you get a break to go feed her.
I hear you. If you ever need to talk, you know where to find me. I'll be thinking about you.
It is really making pumping at work easier. She only eats 8 oz at daycare per day (I feed her right before I leave DC and at lunch) so I am able to keep up really easy. I had NO idea how much different nursing would be this time around! With Jack by now I was halfway through my freezer stash!
Oh, nice. I was barely able to keep up enough of a stash for that part time job I had. I have a crappy single electric though.
Did you quit your job? I haven't been on TB or MeMo during the day so I am missing A LOT.
I am ditching my PISA for good. I bought a Medela Harmony hand pump the other day and have that for my main pump, my Isis for my back-up. I am saving so much time this way it is ridiculous.
Yes I quit! They weren't paying me enough and there was a lot of other BS on the side. I was actually losing money every time I worked because of childcare costs. The thing I miss most about the job was the wonderful hospital grade pump I got to use for free.
I'm jealous that you can actually get anything substantial with a hand pump. My boobs must be pump-defective or something.