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Anyone letting their LO CIO??

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Just curious if anyone is doing this....for day naps or bedtime? If your doing it how long do you let them CIO and how old is your LO??
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Re: Anyone letting their LO CIO??

  • Lisa FrankLisa Frank member

    I'm not a big fan of CIO prior to 4 months and/or 12-14 lbs. Even then, some babies aren't ready until closer to 6 months.

    With that said, if you are thinking of doing some sleep training, read Dr. Ferber's book.   I really think it's important to have a "plan of action" when you are sleep training vs. flying by the seat of your pants and just letting baby cry. 

    ETA: I just read the 1st review on the link I posted. I pretty much agree with most everything said there :)

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  • Athena0809Athena0809 member
    I'm not. I rock/walk LO until he's drowsy, I lay him down still awake, he falls asleep, if he wakes up crying I shush/sing or gently rock the pnp until he falls asleep again. By no means I think I'm an expert LO wakes up once or twice still, most times I nurse him to sleep but I have no problem with out sleeping situation. I'm in no hurry, so CIO will not be a method used by us.
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  • andigurlandigurl
    LO Is 3m4d, 17 lbs.  No we're not.
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  • sparkymcgeeesparkymcgeee member
    Nope. I don't think she's ready yet. She's just over four months and I think we might let her at about five but I just don't think she's ready for that.


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    I'm not sure I will ever be comfortable with CIO ( I am sure the day will come, I just can't see it now) but I am okay with fussing it out- 5-15 minutes of fussing while she settles into sleep.
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  • EJensifyEJensify
    No. He is 4 months and 19 pounds, but I just can't.  I still walk/rock him to sleep for every nap and bed time. I'm sure eventually I'll get bored of it and we'll start to try to wean him from it, but for now I just want to sing my baby to sleep.
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  • flutepharm87flutepharm87 member

    imageelisbu:
    I'm not sure I will ever be comfortable with CIO ( I am sure the day will come, I just can't see it now) but I am okay with fussing it out- 5-15 minutes of fussing while she settles into sleep.

    This. I'll let the boys fuss for about 15 minutes before I'll go in and rock/sing to them. But full-on crying? Nope. Breaks my heart to much. Usually it's just Ian that's fussy now. Jack has gotten so good at rolling onto his stomach that he rolls over and is out like a light. We've tried rolling him back on his back, but he immediately rolls back on his tummy and I refuse to stand there all night and flip him back over. So things aren't too bad right now.

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  • ToBeMrsC6907ToBeMrsC6907
    We'll let her fuss it out for 10 min max.  She's usually done within 5 though.  No full-out crying at all.
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  • MeredithEleseMeredithElese member

    imageToBeMrsC6907:
    We'll let her fuss it out for 10 min max.  She's usually done within 5 though.

     We do this, although I have a pretty opinionated LO and she does get to full-out crying occasionally. She is very clearly angry, not sad or hurting. Depending on her intensity and how well she is doing as finding her fingers to self-soothe, we will go back in and replace a paci/pat her back between 3-5min. 


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  • kewltifkewltif member

    Like some of the others we do "Fuss it out." I will let her fuss for a minute or two and then go in and put the paci back in the mouth. She has gotten so much easier to put down that I'd say 30% of the time I don't even have to walk back in, 40% of the time I go in once or twice and then 30% of the time it still takes 10-20 minutes of going in and out to get her settled.

    With all of that said, if it comes down to it, when she is older, I am not opposed to CIO. I would just want to make sure that she was developmentally ready and wasn't going through a growth spurt or teething or something.  She has been giving us a run for the money the past few days (back to her old tricks of not wanting to sleep) and once I started giving her Baby Orajel she's back to her good napping habits and happy self. 

    I think the argument for CIO (if absolutely necessary and you have tried other things) is that I would rather let my child cry for 2 or 3 days and be done with it, than have them freaking out at nap time or bed time every day for months. Proper sleep is important.  If it works and you can "train" them in a few days, it seems worth the short term pain. I do think if you're going to do it though that you should read some sort of book on the topic and go in with a strategy. I think the worst thing you can do is be inconsistent.

    I also think it's easy to be against CIO when you have a temperamentally easy baby.   I worked REALLY hard to get DD to be a decent napper. It was frustrating and time consuming, but the work paid off. She was too young for CIO so I did other things. Honestly, if she was still in the stage of staying up 8 hours a day straight with no nap, I would consider CIO at this point.

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