CIO

[jajamama]

okay there are so many siggys out there that say proudly that the parent's are anti cry it out  it aggravates me so much because when you do it right cio is a wonderful sleep method. you have use your common sense about it keep it bright  during the day  and dark when you want the baby to sleep it will help the brain acclimate to sleeping at night  and never keep the house silent when the child is sleeping keep it quiet yes but dont make it so quiet that you cant  cant evean watch tv or flush the toilet with out waking the child. and you need to know how long your child sleeps are they a child who needs to eat every two hours or do they eat every 4-6 you need to know this so you know you are not starving your child some kids need to eat every two hours  most its every 4-6. then when its quite in your hhouse and dark (this may involve buying light block shades) then you can sit down with your child and feed them weather its formula or Brest milk  then snuggle them a little and if you swaddle them wrap them in their swaddling blanket  ( my son loved to be swaddled) then place them in their crib in their own room make sure its fairly dark they can have a night light but not a full light. then leave the room and shut the door. that's it now go sit down for 10 mins they WILL cry the only reason you need to go in there is if they scream and its a painful scream being a mom you would know when your own child makes this scream. then if they are asleep in 10 mins great if not take them back in to the other room re snuggle them get them to call down again and get really sleepy then put them back in their crib.  the second time wait 10 mins again hopefully they will be asleep. if not repeat the process till it sticks it will and if you do this every night for a week then your child will get the point that sleep time is sleep time and they will sleep when they need to and wake rested you can train your child to sleep this way to suit your schedule so if your a single mom who works odd hours you  can have you child sleeping when you sleep i had to be up at 5 am and out the door at 6 am when my son was 6 months so this is how i sleep trained him using the cio method and he went to bed at 8 up at 12 for a bottle quickly back down and up again around 530 for the day well till nap time. so it can work and it doesn't have to mean.

[officerjoeys]

Jun. 28, 2009 at 7:46 PM

It's because a lot of moms think moms who use CIO are leaving our poor defenseless babies to cry all alone. They don't realize that we check on our kids and it's a gradual process. They also don't think that we take care of all needs BEFORE we start the bed time thing. Oh, and you don't use it on a baby that's under 6 months old and needs to feed every 2 hours.  I always say you parent yours and I'll parent mine.