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when do you think it is ok to CIO

LeanieLeanie
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middle of the night baby girl wakes up and I am wondering if she is still too young to CIO.  Not convinced she needs a bottle, but I give it to her and she falls asleep.  What age do you think CIO is ok?  (if you do think it is appropriate)
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Re: when do you think it is ok to CIO

  • scarlett2288scarlett2288
    you should also post this in the Attachment Parenting board. 
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  • mrsjazzsingermrsjazzsinger

    We started doing some CIO for naps right around 5 months, we never let her cry for more than 5 minutes at a time or 20 minutes total (going in to check/soothe every 5 minutes). It worked for us, now she goes down really well. She's starting to fight sleep more at bedtime now so we plan on trying the same method again. She's not much of a rock to sleep type, half the time she'll crash on the couch next to me before I even have the chance to get her in her crib and then I'll have to move her.

    I wasn't ready to start until DD was 5 months, and she's never just left to cry and cry and cry. I believe that 4-6 months is the suggested range to start though.

    ETA: I read your post fast and missed the bottle part - if she drinks it and falls back asleep, she was probably just hungry.

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  • AngelLuver_02AngelLuver_02 member
    IMO, if you give her a bottle and she takes it happily and then falls back to sleep, then this is likely what  your LO needed.
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  • LeanieLeanie

    imageAngelLuver_02:
    IMO, if you give her a bottle and she takes it happily and then falls back to sleep, then this is likely what  your LO needed.

     

    This is what I am struggling with.  I feel like the bottle is helping her get to sleep.  I want her to leanr how to get to sleep on her own.  Make sense? 

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  • Shellbelle22Shellbelle22
    We wait 5 minutes if DD cries at night. She often puts herself back to sleep by then. We started at 4 months. If she cried longer, we checked in and tried to soothe her. If that didn't work, we would feed her.
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  • grinsandgigglesgrinsandgiggles member
    imageLeanie:

    imageAngelLuver_02:
    IMO, if you give her a bottle and she takes it happily and then falls back to sleep, then this is likely what  your LO needed.

     

    This is what I am struggling with.  I feel like the bottle is helping her get to sleep.  I want her to leanr how to get to sleep on her own.  Make sense? 

    How much of the bottle is she drinking?  If it's the whole bottle then she probably needs it.  If it's just a small portion, then she probably just needs help falling back asleep or needs mommy.

    IMO, I think it varies baby to baby and depends on if LO can self soothe.

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  • manda_mullinsmanda_mullins member

    I would try to wean the feeding rather than going cold turkey, that way you can avoid crying. 

     

    We did this with ds and it worked perfectly!

     

    Set an alarm for an hour before she would normally wake up hungry and feed her then, so you're feeding her on YOUR conditions and time and not as an automatic response to crying. Each night reduce the amount by one ounce. 

     

    We did this with DS but he still eats once per night. We do a dreamfeed before we go to bed to top him off and he wakes up at 5:30 to eat again.

     

     

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  • Traycee1242Traycee1242 member

    imagefredalina:
    i am not a fan, but personally, no less than a year.  i don't judge after 6-9 months if other methods have been employed first, though.

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  • SweetsunflowerSweetsunflower

    Studies show it takes babies 20 minutes to fall back asleep on average...so we wait that long unless he is really crying hard.  I give him the pacifier first he usually goes right back to sleep.  If not I feed him. 

    Unless your LO drinks the whole bottle I doubt she's hungry...if she wakes up at the same time each night that is also a sign it's just a habit, not hunger.  But of course if you baby is hungry feed her. 

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