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Well well well... Look who slept for 6 hours straight!

bigbearbigbear
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So CIO went pretty well last night. Not as horrible as I though it would be.

DD was so tired (I didn't let her take her 5pm nap) that she actually fell asleep while eating her night bottle. But only for a second and I propped her up right away to burp her. When she was awake I put her in her crib. Due to exreme exhaustion she feel asleep instantly. That was awesome but I know it most likely won't be that easy tonight as she never falls asleep on her own.

Anyway she slept for 1.5 hrs (the usual) and then woke up. I went in after 3 minutes, gave her the nuk back and walked out. She was instantly asleep for another 45 minutes or so.... Woke up again complaining (still no actual hard core crying). This time I waited 5 minutes, touched her cheek and stayed with her for about 30 seconds then walked out. She slept for a little bit then woke up again and this time I did 7 minutes (I didn't go 5 to 10 minutes like the article said, I was more comfortable with this) This time she cried a bit more but was ok.

After that I had to do 2 10minute wait rounds. Here she would cry hard for 30 seconds, then quiet down, then complain, then cry again then forget about it, then remember that she is supposed to complain and so on. When I walked in the room she would actually cry harder and wasn't really too happy and satisfied with me just touching her cheek. She wanted to be picked up as that is what we would usually do at this point. She also got smart and as soon as I'd reach down to touch her she'd grab my hand with both her little hands and hang on tight so I couldn't just walk away LMAO. So walking out was naturally not as popular either. But she would settle about 10 seconds after I'd leave the room. And do the off again on again screaming/complaining/squaking....

Then it was quiet.. She was out from 12.30 until 6.30! Not a peep!!!!

I had a bit of a rough patch with DH as he started to feel bad and then proceeded to tell me how prolonged crying could cause brain damage. OK if you let your kid scream for 3 hours without checking on them, yes that is not good,but she was nowhere near that nor would I ever let that happen.... So we had a long conversation after DD was solid asleep. And now he's on board....

I"m expecing the initial going to bed to be a bit harder but am hoping that overall it will go better and quicker tonight and maybe, just maybe have a good sleeper on our hands by next week.

So once again one BIG thank you to all moms who gave me advice and support! It seems to be working! :)

And yes, it's tough to listen to them cry but babies who are held all the time and don't have a good night sleep are actually the ones we are not doing any favors for. Babies HAVE to sleep, that is also so very important for their development. Not just having mommy on demand in the middle of the night... You have to know what's best for you and your baby and CIO is not for everybody and doesn't always work, but it's definitely worth a shot.

Bottom line is, don't listen to what others say. You are the mommy and know and feel what's best for you and your baby. I was judged by some people for doing this (including my husband for a little while there) but I made the decision as I thought it was the best for everybody ESPECIALLY our tubby tuba :) And it seems to be working!

 

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Re: Well well well... Look who slept for 6 hours straight!

  • aboynamedbarryaboynamedbarry member
    ya! that is so great! one tip to watch out for (i know, i'm only like a week into this here) but i've found that my DD is a sneaky little one. and though generally she has been sleeping so well, sometimes she is like, i'm gonna give mama a run for her money and just cries and cries, ya know, just to see if it will work! so I've struggled with what to do in those instances when it seems we are reverting, and what I am finding is that i just have to stick my guns. there is a time for snuggling and a time for sleep. so I just wait out the intervals and treat it like I did same as night 1 when she decides to fuss. 9 times out of 10, we don't even get through 1 interval before she falls to sleep.

    also, another way she might try to be sneaky is moving her wake time earlier and earlier... and you may be like, omg you are such a good girl for sleeping now say 8 hours straight, buuuuuut it's only 4 am. whatever your wake time (mine is no earlier than 6, and she usually goes back down after that) but decide when you think is a reasonable expectation and then if she wakes early in the am, let her fuss it out and see if she'll go back to sleep on her own. mine has been waking pretty routinely around 4-430 and i haven't gone in yet to do anything, she just talks and fusses some but goes back to sleep til usually around 630-7.

    it's possible that people judge because they haven't experienced the blissfulness that is called several hours of uninterrupted sleep ;)
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    imageaboynamedbarry:
    ya! that is so great! one tip to watch out for (i know, i'm only like a week into this here) but i've found that my DD is a sneaky little one. and though generally she has been sleeping so well, sometimes she is like, i'm gonna give mama a run for her money and just cries and cries, ya know, just to see if it will work! so I've struggled with what to do in those instances when it seems we are reverting, and what I am finding is that i just have to stick my guns. there is a time for snuggling and a time for sleep. so I just wait out the intervals and treat it like I did same as night 1 when she decides to fuss. 9 times out of 10, we don't even get through 1 interval before she falls to sleep.

    also, another way she might try to be sneaky is moving her wake time earlier and earlier... and you may be like, omg you are such a good girl for sleeping now say 8 hours straight, buuuuuut it's only 4 am. whatever your wake time (mine is no earlier than 6, and she usually goes back down after that) but decide when you think is a reasonable expectation and then if she wakes early in the am, let her fuss it out and see if she'll go back to sleep on her own. mine has been waking pretty routinely around 4-430 and i haven't gone in yet to do anything, she just talks and fusses some but goes back to sleep til usually around 630-7.

    it's possible that people judge because they haven't experienced the blissfulness that is called several hours of uninterrupted sleep ;)

    yeah, I figured she'd test out her and my limits eventually. So thanks for the tip! :) And you are right, people who don't know what it's like to not sleep for 6 months don't have the right to say anything! Also, most of the time people completely misunderstand this method and think that you just let your baby cry and don't tend to them at all until they just pass out from crying even if it takes 3 hours. People judge before they educate themselves. It's a shame. But I don't care what they think I know what works best for us! Let me tell you, she was one happy, chatty little angel this morning :)

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  • YallAintRightYallAintRight member
    Good luck!
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  • jnickers98jnickers98 member
    That is wonderful.  I'm glad that your entire family was able to get some needed sleep.  I'm also glad that your husband is now on board.  You two are on the same team and need to be on the same page. 
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    Awesome!
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