good dear lord, the CIO posts on 6-9

everam01

fight fight fight!

 

I'm sleep training one baby and didn't need to do it with the other because he sleeps well anyway. I will be a great target study when they're older to see if N ends up a serial killer and E ends up a saint.

 

P.S. I check in on N no longer than 5 minute intervals. Last night he fell asleep at 7pm on his own after fussing (not crying!) for less than 2 minutes, then woke up at 4 for a bottle and fussed/cried through one interval before going back to sleep until 7am!

We're talking about a baby who woke up literally every 2 hours and would squirm and yell as we tried to rock or shush him, then would only fall asleep after sipping about an ounce from a bottle, only to scream bloody murder as soon as we put him (asleep) back in his crib. Great progress so far!

kerrbear72

haha I normally stay out of it... just not today.

CanuckFan03

everam01:

fight fight fight!

 

I'm sleep training one baby and didn't need to do it with the other because he sleeps well anyway. I will be a great target study when they're older to see if N ends up a serial killer and E ends up a saint.

 

P.S. I check in on N no longer than 5 minute intervals. Last night he fell asleep at 7pm on his own after fussing (not crying!) for less than 2 minutes, then woke up at 4 for a bottle and fussed/cried through one interval before going back to sleep until 7am!

We're talking about a baby who woke up literally every 2 hours and would squirm and yell as we tried to rock or shush him, then would only fall asleep after sipping about an ounce from a bottle, only to scream bloody murder as soon as we put him (asleep) back in his crib. Great progress so far!

Haha!!

I almost wrote this same post yesterday. 

I just can't believe how many posts there are! And they do seem to all be started by people who think its torturing babies.  I really do think the people who are crazy against it have good sleepers to begin with. I HATE the posts like "Oh my god! I would NEVER do that to my child!  She's been sleeping through the night since she was 2 weeks old!"..... ugh.

If you don't want to do it, then don't - and deal with what you have as a result. But don't judge others who have been in a very different position than you. 

Lisa Frank

melpatbat:

Well, I have to give them credit for one thing, they have successfully made me feel like a peice of s*** parent.

Which is precisely what fires me up. I would argue it's the other way around, in fact.  

(((hugs)))

tokenhoser

Lisa Frank:

melpatbat:

Well, I have to give them credit for one thing, they have successfully made me feel like a peice of s*** parent.

Which is precisely what fires me up. I would argue it's the other way around, in fact.  

(((hugs)))

Why does one side have to be right and one side be wrong? I don't really think there is one right way to raise every single child in the world. And I don't really think either side of that fight had much to be proud of.

Lisa Frank

tokenhoser:

Lisa Frank:

melpatbat:

Well, I have to give them credit for one thing, they have successfully made me feel like a peice of s*** parent.

Which is precisely what fires me up. I would argue it's the other way around, in fact.  

(((hugs)))

Why does one side have to be right and one side be wrong? I don't really think there is one right way to raise every single child in the world. And I don't really think either side of that fight had much to be proud of.

Ding! That's kinda the whole point.

JNBrickey

People should just be glad that everyone out there has the option to find a sleep routine that works for them.  I can't believe how uneducated some of the comments are.  Do people really think that sleep training involves letting your baby turn blue in the face and vomit?  Some of the people who post here are just crazy.

I'm still (usually) getting up once a night with DD, but I don't mind it.  If I start minding it, we'll sleep train.  (I am starting to think maybe I should anyway because I don't want a five year old who needs to get up once a night.  Sigh.)

It really does seem to be the anti-CIO crowed who wants to get in everyone's faces.  Except for the one idiotic post OMG IF ONLY I'D KNOWN I WAS RUINING MY BABY FOR LIFE or whatever.

everam01

Even with sleep training N gets up once or twice a night, but it is SO much better than him being miserable all night long as we feed/rock him and put him down over and over and over.

CanuckFan03

Oh it's everywhere!!! A friend I went to university with posted that article about how it ruins brain cells and trust for life on her Facebook page. I can't avoid it!

2BlackCats

CanuckFan03:

Oh it's everywhere!!! A friend I went to university with posted that article about how it ruins brain cells and trust for life on her Facebook page. I can't avoid it!

I just read an interesting article from Psychology Today about this, is that the same one?   

iris427

CanuckFan03:

Oh it's everywhere!!! A friend I went to university with posted that article about how it ruins brain cells and trust for life on her Facebook page. I can't avoid it!

I kinda wish it did.  Maybe my 3 year old would stop outsmarting me then. 

pinkflipflops44

yeah my kid totally hates me because i let her cry every now and then.. hates..