How long did your baby cry the 1st night of CIO?

Re: How long did your baby cry the 1st night of CIO?

• rowanthefrog member

  August 2009

  We did Ferber, not CIO, and he was 6 months.  But he cried for about 43 minutes on and off the first night, 12 min the 2nd night, 3 min the 3rd, and with a few exceptions he has gone to bed awake without a whimper since then.

  
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• dr.girlfriend

  August 2009

  20 minutes I think? ?The longest he went was 23 minutes I think. ?Better than I expected.

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• Skatcat

  August 2009

  Only a few minutes, but they've never had much trouble going to bed, its waking up at night that DS struggled with. One night he cried for two HOURS until I finally fed him, but that only happened once and I really think he was hungry.  After that it's only been a few minutes.
  

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• Sueball1 member

  August 2009

  We did Ferber at 4.5 months. All tolled, he cried for an hour - but that was off and on, mostly fussing, with us going in at increments per Feber. Longest he ever wailed was 10 minutes.

  And it only took us 2 nights! We were lucky.
  

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• maramarrie

  August 2009

  rowanthefrog:

  But he cried for about 43 minutes on and off the first night, 12 min the 2nd night, 3 min the 3rd, and with a few exceptions he has gone to bed awake without a whimper since then.

  This is almost identical to how things went for us whenever we did try CIO (if that's really what we did).
  

  I didn't do much reading on it or try any books because Harris was already a great sleeper and didn't need any "sleep training," but once he got to a point where I knew he didn't need anything (not hungry, dirty, etc), we decided to try letting him go a little since we knew he was tired and could tell when the cry changed if something was really wrong (flipped over and couldn't get back, painful trapped burp, etc.). A couple nights of letting him cry lasted 45 minutes off and on, but they weren't consecutive nights. Then it was 10-15 minutes, then 7. Most nights (even before the 45 minute nights) he will go to bed awake without a whimper. Sometimes he'll start crying after he's been in bed 10 minutes, but the crying is over after 30 seconds or so. Those times are weird and I don't get it, but he puts himself back to sleep. One night DH was worried something was really wrong, so he went to check and the crying turned off like a light-switch the moment he got ready to open the door. Everything was fine and Harris was asleep.
  

  So I don't know if I really helped at all, since I don't really know that we did any Ferber or CIO. But basically of the nights where we did let him cry, the length got shorter each time.
  

  
  
  

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