TIA!
We don't do CIO. They learn to "self soothe" when they're ready.
My opinion. 1 years old. Go for it. I did the CIO when mine was almost 8 months old. If she was still crying after 15 mins like BADLY I would go check on her or do something. I've given her a stuffed animal of some sort. Maybe a little toy to play with til she gets tired. I've given her a sippy with water. (mine is 28 months now) Another thing is, learn her cries. Know when she is just crying because she's sleepy, know when she is crying because she's hurt herself or something. My DD has different cries. If it's just "whinning" I let her CIO.
And talk to her like a reg person. No baby talk or so much as giving in, let her know, ok, none of that, it's bed time. It will take time and patience. I was more lucky with mine I guess. Even after Cosleeping she transitioned in her own room and crib very well.
Good Luck!
Quoting ZakkarysMom:
Put her to bed. Walk out the room. If she starts to cry give her 10 to 15 min. If she is still crying go in and see if she needs to be changed, too hot or too cold, scared, still hungry?,etc. Rub her back, say shhh softly. Do not pick her up and do not engage her. Walk out the room. Repeat if she still cries.
Exactly this! Yes, we do CIO at this age op! Make sure she's changed and fed before you attempt to CIO though. Once all her needs are met then do this, exactly this.
Quoting ZakkarysMom:
Put her to bed. Walk out the room. If she starts to cry give her 10 to 15 min. If she is still crying go in and see if she needs to be changed, too hot or too cold, scared, still hungry?,etc. Rub her back, say shhh softly. Do not pick her up and do not engage her. Walk out the room. Repeat if she still cries.
Usually dd was asleep before 10 minutes. The reason we started usuing the CIO method was because she got to the point she just would not go to sleep, but she was tired and fussy. Dh and I were exhausted. One night we laid her in a pack n play (she's always slept in our room), and I told her it was time to go night night. I left a night light on and slowly left the room. She cried for about 5 minutes and went right to sleep. From that night on the majority of the time I could just lay her down and she knew it was time to go to sleep. CIO worked amazingly well for us. You know your baby's cry. If you can tell they're hurt or really scared go soothe them, but whatever you do, don't pick them up. Made that mistake with dd a few months after, and it took over a week to get her back into the routine.
My baby fell out of the crib today:(
- kimjohns8
on Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:04 PM