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April 2012 Moms
CIO cp
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Re: CIO cp
Either/or. I would consider both CIO, just different versions of it.
This, and more. CIO is a really general term. We did Ferber, so we had check-ins, we picked him up as needed, we had predetermined limits for how long/much we were willing to let him cry, etc. Also, because he cried more in our arms than in his crib at bedtime (meaning he cried less with Ferber) it's hard for me to call it CIO. But I know many people comsider Ferber CIO.
I agree with this. Ari SCREAMS at nap and bedtime no matter how long I rock, shush or console. We are starting Sleep Easy this weekend (similar to Ferber) and I have a feeling he will cry the same or less.
Gotcha! Thanks for explaining! I know there are lots of ways to do it. I also know there are those that will not do any form of it or will wait until their LOs are older. That's what I'm curious about. I'm looking into sleep training because sleep has sucked lately, but I would definitely need a modified CIO because I know I couldn't go through with just plain ol CIO.
Eta: not that there's anything wrong with any form of CIO. I know I'm just weak!
I answered yes. She fights naps often and will get so tired, we do let her cry a while. Usually after 5 minutes she's out.
At night I don't because I nurse her and she gets sleepy and happy and doesn't cry, just goes to sleep. in the middle of the night when she cries I wait a couple minutes and if it gets worse I feed her (usually I know when it's going to be one of those times as if its been 3+ hours since she ate and she cries, she seems to want food).
Other middle of night times, (like about 4 times last night
) she wakes and cries, then after a couple minutes she is just babbling to herself, then she goes silent. But it still means I'm awake the whole time, grrr.
So yes I would say we do sort of "cry it out" though I am not made of tough stuff when it comes to CIO and I really can't last very long. Sometimes I go to the basement and fold laundry while it's happening and then if I come up and it's been 10-15 minutes and she's still going at it I get her while hubby shakes his head at my "weakness". What is it about men I wonder, it just doesn't seem to affect him as much...
For us, we can't just "check on her" or pick her up and soothe her. At least I can't. As soon as I do she is frantic for boobies and/or just is awake and giggly and not at all interested in sleeping.
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If you'd asked me a few weeks ago I would have said no. But, LO has been waking up pretty much every hour (or even more frequently) for the last couple weeks. He's not hungry, he just can't always soothe himself back to sleep so he starts crying, and we have to soothe him 5-6 times each night. I am beyond exhausted. I gave a presentation at work yesterday, and it sucked because I can't focus. With layoffs looming and me being the main breadwinner... yeah, we'll be doing sleep training if this doesn't improve soon. I just ordered the Ferber book and will start his method next weekend if LO isn't sleeping better.
My feeling is that if it makes my baby happier in the long run, I am in favor of it.
I voted yes. We are in the process of it right now. It's working well so far. I check on her and tell her to go to sleep every 5 min or so. I won't let her cry for more than 15 minutes. I figure if she's still going at that point then something else is wrong. Usually 5 minutes of crying and shes asleep.
The entire process is compounded by the fact that we discovered yesterday that we have our first ear infection, which explains why she wasn't sleeping Saturday & Sunday nights. Since antibiotics and Tylenol she's sleeping so much better. Last night she slept 8:30-6am! She woke briefly around 9 and cried for less than 5 before going back to sleep.
ETA: If she wakes up in the middle of the night and it has been more than 3 hours I will give her 5 min to see if she goes back to sleep. If she doesn't I go in and feed her. I have no problems feeding her at night if that's what she needs. When she starts waking up every hour like she was doing before I realized she had an ear infection, then I let her cry (not more than 15 though). She only gets two feedings during the night though. The third time she wakes up we are up for the day. When I first started doing that, it meant "night" might be only 6 or 7 hours, which means I'd sleep maybe 5 hours. That was rough, but she got the hang of nights very quickly.