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I need to hear some good news!

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Tell me that CIO worked for you. Tell me that I am about to do the right thing tonight and that it is worth it. I am nervous and have been putting it off.

Please tell me your success stories and how many nights it took you.

Thanks!

(I will be reminding myself of all your success stories tonight when DD is screaming)

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  • buckeyebratbuckeyebrat
    I'm no help. Just wanted to wish you good luck! I can't do CIO personally, but I've heard alot of succes stories!
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  • LoveMyScarlettLoveMyScarlett
    It only took us one night!! I will not lie and say it was easy. In fact it was probably the worst night EVER and I felt like the worst Mom! But, it was only one night and she is a wonderful sleeper now. She is getting her full 11-12 hours and is such a HAPPY baby. Babies need their rest to develop and grow properly. Plus, Mommy needs rest to be the best Mommy she can be. It's a win/win situation. Make sure you have a good plan and the key is sticking to it. If it wasn't for my husband, I would have broken after 10 minutes. It's worth it though. You can do it!!
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  • ErinDarrylErinDarryl

    I did it and it is fabulous! my house is a much happier place now that she is back to sleeping well. She did fine from STTN from about 2 weeks to 31/2 mos. Then gradually she started resisting sleep, and we'd finally had enough of the 3hr screaming fits before bed.We decided to do CIO at about 5 mos.

     

    I did gradual CIO with check-in's. 5 min, then 10 then 15, 15 15. for the first nap, that night it was 5, 10, 15. then the next nap was 5, 10. and that night i only had to go in the once at 5 mins. Now she puts herself to sleep with no crying at all most of the time. If she has to nap at someone else's house she'll cry a bit, and her 5pm nap she'll also cry a bit sometimes.  It's extremely rare for me to have to go back in at all.

     

    It was hard to do, but totally worth it. I'd say it took 2 nights for her to really get it. 

     

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  • ele617ele617

    For us, it worked like a charm! The first night DS fussed off and on for an hour. The second night, 30 min. The third night, 10 min. Now, he doesn't really fuss at all. He'll roll around for a few minutes and just fall asleep. I haven't tried it to eliminate night feedings or anything yet, but once it was successful at night we were able to do it for naps, too.

    DS used to be the king of catnaps, and it often took me an hour of rocking/BFing every night before he was in a deep enough sleep to put him down. It's tough, but I'm telling you, if it works it is the biggest blessing! GL!

    EDIT: Oh, and we didn't follow any particular method. I had tried it before doing the check-ins, but that only seemed to rile DS up more. We just put him in his bed, pretty drowsy, and planned not to go back in unless he was getting too upset.

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  • RomeRomance06RomeRomance06
    It's hard. I think the longer you wait, the harder it gets, at least that's what I heard from other moms, so if you are going to do it, I would do it sooner rather than later. It worked for us although I wish we didn't have to do it (I cried about as much as she did and yes, DH was the strong one). I was hopeful since DD was such a great sleeper for the first 4 months but after a few weeks of waking up every 2-3 hours I couldn't handle it anymore we did right at 6 months. She still fusses here and there at bedtime (I think she's sad to see me leave the room) but she just rolls over and goes to bed, usually within 20 minutes with no crying. She wakes up happy and energetic!
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  • ilovechubbycheeksilovechubbycheeks
    My LO was great sleeper until he got sick with a cold (for the first time) at 7.5 months.  His sleep got all messed up and after he was feeling better he wanted to be cuddled all night.  Me and DH finally had had enough one night of taking turns going in and out to soothe and rock him, so we just took a break and let him cry for a little bit.  We were going to give ourselves 20 minutes to take a break and then go in again, but he stopped before the 20min were up.  The next night he fussed for maybe 3 minutes - not even a real cry- and then fell asleep.  We've been doing great since then.  I really hope it works for you. 
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  • dsmithplus2dsmithplus2
    Wishing you luck because I also am in this situation and I haven't started...
    I am so sad to think about letting my LO scream his head off until he falls out because he doesn't cry. He SCREAMS! No little cries to warn you, just straight out bloody-murder scream.
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