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mom2be:)2008
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What exactly is CIO?
mom2be:)2008
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I am just wondering, because of laurenfaiths post about rocking her baby to sleep. For the last 2 nights, we've put dd down awake but sleepy after her bath and a bottle and a story. The first night she cried, for about an hour, but we went in every 5-10 minutes and picked her up, soothed her and put her back down. Tonight she only cried for a few minutes, DH went in once and soothed her and then she put herself back to sleep. She woke up an hour later, cried for a couple of minutes, dh soothed her again and she's been back down for about 2 1/2 hours. She has STTN since about 3 months, but I am just trying to get her into a routine of being able to go to sleep without being rocked.
Is this really considered CIO? I am definitely not the kind of mom that just lets my child scream and not comfort her, so I don't really like that label. I think CIO is when you literally let them just cry until they fall asleep from pure exhaustion.
Our pedi told us that every baby wakes up several times in the middle of the night, just like adults do, for a few seconds up to a couple of minutes and they fall back asleep. He said that if we run in every time we hear her fuss or anything, she'll wake up and want to see us, but if we let her self soothe, it will be better for her in the long run.
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Re: What exactly is CIO?
I consider CIO more of just putting them in crib and letting the cry themelseves to sleep with no intervention no matter how long. What your doing is more like the Ferber method, and its what I started with DD last week and its working great.
You may want to read the book, but what your doing it very similiar to his method that is very effective. Except when we go in, we don't pick her up. Just talk to her, rub her head and leave in 2 minutes or less and progressively let the time go longer each wait. GL!
CIO is so many things to so many people. Do what feels right to you.
It sounds like you guys are doing a good job of trying to train your baby to comfort herself. Keep up the good work! The amount of time and effort you spend comforting her will get fewer and further between.
There are many different variations and levels of CIO. Everyone probably puts their own spin on it depending on what they feel comfortable with. I think the important thing is consistency from night to night. It may be helpful to check out a couple methods online, find one that seems like it may fit your preference, and then get the book on it. Here are a few variations you could look into
-'The Sleep Lady' Kim West
-Ferber
-Dr. Weisbluth - Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child