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June 2011 Moms
CIO update
Okay..so I've learned two things. One I need to be more descriptive with my posts and two that june 2011 moms are full of passion and fire.
When I referred to my daughter getting up once a night, it was one feeding a night. She does get up multiple other times with a whimper rather than a "i need something" cry. I really like my pedi and she has been very helpful in the past which is why I trusted her judgement.
My husband and I did try the Ferber method of CIO where my daughter is only crying for small intervals. We never intended to lay in bed for hours listening to her cry. Last night I simply started by letting her cry for about 3 minutes before getting up to sooth (believe me when I say even 3 minutes is tough). I eliminated the one feeding that I usually do around 3. She slept well and just ate an extra 2 ozs with her morning bottle. She is "that baby" who has gotten up at 3 and was ravenous, so my biggest concern was that she would be starving by morning. She was great and woke up with a smile a half an hour later than normal.
I know one day is nothing but I''m going to continue to let her CIO by increasing the interval each night, hopefully with her eventually soothing herself. We'll try it for a week or two and if there is no change than we'll try something else.
Even though there were so many conflicting opinions about CIO, I feel its worth a try for our family and I know eventually we'll find a way for all of us to have a good night sleep.
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Re: CIO update
Our pedi recommended ferber too. idk what we will do. All I know is we need to decide soon before we start developing bad habits.
Glad it worked! I was in the process of responding last night and then my battery died. I didnt feel that it was relevant to post this morning, so I just let it be.
I did want to tell you that I am a big fan of sleep training. A friend desperately called me about 6 weeks ago saying that her 1 year old wasnt sleeping through the night and wanted to know if I hadd a book as she was expecting another baby soon. She thought the 1 year old would be her last so she said she really didnt care if he ever slept through the night. She has now been trying to work on sleep habits and he is still waking up 2x per night on a goodnight. She now has a newborn and is getting hardly any sleep.
As parents we have the right to do what is best for our kids. For some CIO will work, for others it may take a different method. For now we have not had the need to sleep train, but if there comes a time where we need to do something, we may consider CIO. I chose to follow Babywise, which is frowned upon frequently on these boards. It has worked very well for us. Avery was sleeping 8 to 10 hours at 6 weeks. That was our decision as parents.
Good Luck! And yes, us June moms are very passionate!
YAY!! As I said in my posts on your OP, I am very pro sleep training so I'm glad its working for you. Of all the sleep books I read, I also liked Ferber the best. I got some good info from Weissburth's Healthy sleep habits, happy child but I thought his CIO method was too harsh for my family. I know Hepcats really likes Good Night Sleep Tight, but I didn't like that book at all....sorry Hepcats
I thought the "Sleep Lady Shuffle" was overkill and just prolonged the situation. Especially for my kid....I think he would just get madder if I was in the room with him but not picking him up!
Anyway, I'm so glad you did your research and found a method that works for you. Hope your nights continue to improve!!