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First (minor) attempt at CIO

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DD woke up about an hour after she went to bed last night in her crib and started crying. It didn't sound like her "upset" cry, more like "I want someone to pay attention to me" cry so I watched her on the video monitor (best baby purchase so far). I knew she wasn't hungry, since she had a full bottle an hour before so I watched and waited. I looked at the clock and said, to myself, if she didn't stop crying after 5 minutes I would go soothe her. She stopped after 2 minutes (it felt like longer) and then just sort of moved around in her crib and then went back to sleep (on her own!!!) after 5 minutes. AND she slept until 6am without getting up for her usual 3-4am feeding!!

I'm hoping this will mean I'll have the stomach for real CIO sessions later if need be. Up until last night I couldn't stand to hear her cry at all because she just doesn't cry that much so I always feel like it must be serious. But lately she's sort of developed a cry that is different from the others and whenever I go to get her when she's like that, she's immediately smiling at me and wants to play. I'm such a dork or just an evil mother because I let DD cry in her crib for 2 minutes last night and I am so proud of myself. Tongue Tied

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Re: First (minor) attempt at CIO

  • Jitterbug2668Jitterbug2668 member
    Def not evil.  DS is cutting a molar and learning to walk and last night he fussed a half hour after I put him down so I waited 10 minutes, went in there, soothed him.  It happened an hour later, gave it 10 more minutes and then went in after he really started wailing. 
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  • membrnmembrn

    Agreed - not evil!  It always does feel like longer because we seem to put so much pressure on ourselves to prevent them from crying or to stop the crying...sometimes a little patience goes a long way - in the way of sleep! 

    Yay for small steps!

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  • tracy042206tracy042206
    Not evil at all.  This is definitely what I would do, sometimes inadvertently since I would fall back to sleep but I would give them 5-15min to go back to sleep on their own before going in if it wasn't the usual time for them to be fed.
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  • QueSrahQueSrah member
    Definitely not evil.  It's a great step for her that she could put herself back to sleep, and a great step for you that you could give her the time to let herself learn that she could do it. 
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