Moms on Call Sleep Method PSA

mrsbtobe20122 · June 2014

Well, I'm dumb and accidentally clicked March 2014 to post-- so I'm copy and pasting here where I belong

Hey ladies... Just wanted to pop in and recommend Moms on Call to help with sleepless nights and/or fussy/gassy babies.

I can only speak for myself, but my 6 week old has slept 12 hours in his own crib and only woke to feed twice. Dinner (pumped bottle to tank up his belly)- bed- 230 feed- 7 am breast feed.

We had him on Zantac and probiotics for reflux/gas/diarrhea but are now down to just the probiotic with no issues.

Before anyone says this book promotes CIO, we soothed every 5-10 mins for a max of 30 mins crying. The longest he cried was 20 mins the first night and has gone down easily ever since. We don't use white noise either.

I know a lot of sleep has to do with his personality, but I didn't think it'd hurt to recommend a resource to those interested.

usernewname · June 2014

Too young for CIO. And CIO means the babe cries until they give in to sleep.

I'm not opposed to CIO in the right setting and if its age appropriate for the child and circumstance, but not such a wittle baby.

ETA: heading over to March 14.

ETA: I mean CIO for a child of toddler/preschool age. Never an infant.

spacepotatoes · June 2014

Sleep training a newborn? Nope.

THD7580 · June 2014

Yeah he probably goes down easy now because he's scarred for life! Nope nope nope!

cbrust · June 2014

30 mins of crying?? Holy jeez. I thought letting dd cry for 5 mins was bad, I can't imagine 30 minutes.

mrsbtobe20122 · June 2014

cbrust said:
30 mins of crying?? Holy jeez. I thought letting dd cry for 5 mins was bad, I can't imagine 30 minutes.

It was 20 minutes, once. I was at his side soothing with a paci-- like most moms on an average day. It wasn't bloody murder, and he eventually fell asleep after 20 mins.

I guess give me worst mom ever award but we are going on a week of sleep and he's just as happy as ever. I love my son, and I hate mom shaming.

ETA: I didn't say it's for everyone, and didn't post to start a debate either.

LeeLee86 · June 2014

I just don't understand why ppl say sleep through the night when really baby is waking up to feed. Then they are not actually sleeping through the night are they?! Ppl in my mom class do that too and I think it puts pressure on parents to do stuff like this way too early. No sleep training should happen before 4 months. Scientifically. Newborns are not meant to have rem cycles that long or go with out nutrition that long. So I know you are getting shamed for CIO too early but it's not worth it IMO bc he's not even really sleeping through the night now is he? Bc he physically can't!! I appreciate wanting more sleep, DD is 7wks and waking every 3 hrs bc that's normal. When I got pregnant that's what I signed up for: sleepless nights. Probably 10 more years of them!
Link: https://www.pregnantchicken.com/pregnant-chicken-blog/why-your-newborn-should-not-be-sleeping-through-the-night

pistolpackinmomma · June 2014

STTN is defined by 5+ hours. I think DS was around 11 weeks when he started sleeping 8-8. Of course he also refused naps from that point until he popped his first tooth a couple of months later. That first tooth sucked!!

runningyogimama · June 2014

No no no no no! You can't do CIO until more like 6 months!

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