The_Kat Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Anyone ever used the CIO ( Cry it Out ) method to teach your kid to sleep through the night? We have a counselor we see each month that evaluates Cash's growth and developement. They said he should be sleeping more during the night and recommend we start using the CIO method. Basically we let him cry himself to sleep with very limited comforting. We let him cry an hour straight lastnight before he finally went down. I felt absolutely terrible and wanted to pick him up and hold him. Anyone else used this? I feel so cruel..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slugger Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Had to do it with my daughter, and I will say it was tough at first but after about a week she was going to sleep within 15 mins, and after two weeks she was out in less than 5. It worked for my wife and I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 (Replied on facebook as well) If my kids cried more than 5 minutes, they were getting picked up. Some call 'em spoiled....I just call 'em loved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 ***Flame suit on*** My wife and I did this same technique. It works well and doesn't hurt anybody but the parents. Letting your child cry is an unnatural feeling but in the end your child learns to go to sleep on their own. We also took it one step further. At 6 weeks when our kids would wake up at night to eat, we would put them in a bedroom downstairs, shut the monitor off, and let them cry themselves back to sleep. We had 2 of the best sleeping babies by the time my wife went back to work, and still do. It's not for everybody and I really took some crap from some of the ladies at work, but I still say it's the thing to do. You are doing the right thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 I dont remember having that problem. I do remember constantly getting up with the twins for cries that meant "I'm hungry, diaper's dirty, tummy hurts, etc." But some of the cries you recognize more over time that just means they are sleepy and fussy, those are the ones you just got to let them keep crying for a while. All kids are different, I know, but that was my limited experience. Sure was nice to get them up when they were hungry and let my wife do the work since she was breast feeding, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newarcher Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Yeah, we used it too. Seemed to work. As soon as my Daughter's probation officer can locate her (the rascal tore off the leg bracelet) I will ask her how it worked. My son can only be visited during weekend prison visitation hours so his opinion will be harder to get....can't just call him. In all seriousness, I think the method is fine just get some cotton balls or earmuffs. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 We did have some family and friends tell us we needed to let them cry, however for whatever reasons when we tried our kids only got louder and never went down, they ended up getting picked up. Of course we dealt with pretty bad colic with our oldest so we were used to not getting any sleep with her. Our kids all sleep fine now thankfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfletch7441 Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 Can't say we ever tried it. With JaLynn nursing, all three of ours slept with us until they started sleeping through the night (usually about 3 months). Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Seemed wrong, but I did it with my daughter and the first night she screamed for 2 hours. The second night 30 minutes. After that no more crying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texastrophies Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 If my kids cried more than 5 minutes, they were getting picked up. Some call 'em spoiled....I just call 'em loved. Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 we'd let them cry for a while, then had to hold them. different strokes for different folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 It works Kyle. We had to do it with all 3 of our boys. I agree it was tough, but it works. Made me nuts. You have to let them know you are still there, peek in the room, let them see you so no feelings of abandonment develop. Just don't pick them up! That is how my wife and I handled the crying at sleep time. Young kids at that age...unlike adults...learn quickly. They will get over it and you and Jen will get some sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hungry hunter Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Never heard of it, when my boys were at that age, we called it a schedule, if they were fed, clean, not sick we just let them cry. They would then fall asleep or I would take them for a ride in the truck which would put them asleep within 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Yep, we did that, and it absolutely killed us, but it does work. Best way to cure it is have another kid. By then Cash will be old enough to tell the younger one to knock it off or else, that also works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny_gun Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 We did this with our daughter who is now 18 months old. There were a couple rough nights at the beginning and a couple nights where my wife was crying also but by the time my daughter was 6 weeks old she was sleeping through the night. As far as I am concerned it is the only way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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