https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:08:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby/page/2#post-1859311 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:51:23 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1859311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: YAY!! I'm so happy for you!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby/page/2#post-1859302 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:47:43 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1859302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we did ferber with charlie at 4 1/2 months and it worked like a charm. it was not hard for him.</p> <p>i night trained olive at 13 months and it worked, but she was sick all months 14-15 so we had to do it again at 16 months and it worked very easily and quickly then.</p> <p>everyone was happier and sleeping better. it was such a good thing for both kids! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby/page/2#post-1859288 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:41:35 +0000 Mae 1859288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: I'm so happy that things have improved for you!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1859281 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:39:09 +0000 Beebug 1859281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ScarletBegonia: agree. Selfishly what this has done for my mental health, in a matter of two days!?</p> <p>I don't think there would be any argument that he's not better off now too. Down without a peep, not even the paci. Nursed, burped, laid him down, he rolled from his back to his side and was/is out! Glorrrrious </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1859214 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:12:15 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1859214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: It has changed my life basically. He goes down with minimal fuss now at naps and night, and takes on average 1.5hr naps where he used to do 45 minutes if I was lucky. The short term sadness of letting his cry has been SOOOO offset by the removal of nap and bedtime stress. Its not for everyone but I'm about 1000% happier and more relaxed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1858107 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:06:56 +0000 Bao 1858107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This thread is making me want to sleep train, I think I'll try it tonight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1858098 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:01:42 +0000 Beebug 1858098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had two 4 min cries (paci back in at 4 min mark) at 2/3 naps yesterday, at bedtime he went right to bed, not a peep!</p> <p>Nursed 2x, up for day 6:10am.</p> <p>Here's hoping!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1857999 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:26:34 +0000 BabyTsMom 1857999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am currently CIO with my 16wk old. It's going much better than expected, and it has been so worth it. Though it was really hard the first night, I thought he'd cry a lot more than he did. Ever since then, he cries a little or fusses but nothing too bad. We even had one night where he didn't cry or fuss at all!<br /> Naps, on the other hand, still suck. Will nap train soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1857957 Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:06:15 +0000 cdkelly 1857957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for posting this! My guy just turned 12 weeks and I'm thinking we will need to sleep train him, but I'm waiting for the 4 month mark. So many people that I've talked to sleep trained (CIO) earlier and it makes me feel some what better. I hate that I may have to resort to CIO, but my current bed-sharing situation is not working because little guy is eating every 1.5-2 hours!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1855597 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 21:05:18 +0000 catlady 1855597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: Good luck!</p> <p>We tried CIO twice and the first time was too early. I think LO was around 4 months. After a single night, it was obvious she wasn't ready. We tried again when she was around 5 months and it worked in only a couple nights. We didn't use it to stop all night wakings (she still nursed in the night until she was around 10 months) but it made the number of wakings alot more manageable. Now she STTN and is a really good sleeper (knock on wood). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1855565 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:32:07 +0000 Beebug 1855565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did a very modified CIO tonight. DH was out and we discussed I would do it without him. I put both fan's on in the rooms beside DDs room (bathroom fan between their room and mudroom with fan on other side).</p> <p>I put him down with paci, and did 4 minutes. He lost paci within a minute. Went in, paci, gone for 4 more minutes. He lost that about 2 minutes in, and at that 4 minutes I repositioned him, paci in, and he was out. He is on his belly without paci. He has unsettled twice but only for a moment and got himself cozy again. The plan was to go 4 minutes twice, then 6, then 8, and if he made it to that point then to scrap it, lol.</p> <p>*sigh of relief* for now. I am comfortable with what we did, I wasn't ready for extinction or cut paci for him, I felt it would be too much for right now, and we will see what the night brings.</p> <p>....we won't go there with him trying to cut a daytime nap and wrecking the other ones, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1853331 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:14:00 +0000 Orchid 1853331@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: this is exactly what happened with us! I cant wait to give sleep training another go. Any thoughts on why things got so bad? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1853303 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:04:04 +0000 Beebug 1853303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like the screaming he will do in the car let's say, if that's any hint of how CIO may go....we are in for it. </p> <p>We did no checks with DD, checks definitely made it worse, but if we are going to do this, I struggle because he is still unreliable getting himself front to back (but will sleep on belly) especially if he was freaking, sometimes we do go in and reposition him, and he is outttt like a light after that. So maybe set/times checks would be best.</p> <p>I struggle with all the other wakings though, I think we have to do this on a weekend and get DD to grandmas. Would we CIO every time he wakes and "start again" with the timed checks? He doesn't have a complete set nursing sched, usually between 12 and 1:30 and then 4-5 or so he nurses twice through the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1853284 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 11:59:14 +0000 Beebug 1853284@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Zbug: I agree with you on the thought, but he naps mostly fine, same spot/routine. And he definitely wants to sleep, just can't get himself settled. I really don't think it's anything like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1853023 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:59:41 +0000 cascademom 1853023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We attempted to 4 months old, but weren't ready. We suffered through two more tough months before successfully CIO'ing at 6 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1853010 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:51:48 +0000 Zbug 1853010@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG you poor thing! I'm sure you've already looked into this, but could reflux or a food sensitivity or something be making him uncomfortable when he lies down? That many wakeups is insane :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852981 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:34:18 +0000 .twist. 1852981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did CIO around 4 months and got down to two wake ups. Then it got terrible again and we were up every single hour. </p> <p>We did CIO extinction at 6 months and it worked in 2 nights and it has worked every since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852976 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 09:32:06 +0000 Anagram 1852976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It took us 3 tries, just because LO kept getting daycare illnesses right after sleep training, which would ruin the training.</p> <p>But it finally stuck around 11 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852895 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:37:43 +0000 meredithNYC 1852895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 3.5 months. Honestly, we did it so early that my LO did really well with it and we didn't have full-on CIO issues. It was more like fussing for 10-15 minutes, then sleeping. Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852888 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:35:04 +0000 kml636 1852888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked the sleep sense program. There is a blog post about it on here! I tried it at like 6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852859 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:24:13 +0000 lovehoneybee 1852859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5.5 months, and it worked incredibly well. We did a modified CIO...I would let him cry for up to 15 minutes, depending on the type of cry. A weak, tired but just fighting cry I would let go on for 20 minutes; a fierce, angry cry I would only let go on for 10, because in the latter case he needed something (he had soiled his diaper, or dropped his paci). He almost never made it to 10 minutes, and once or twice to 20. </p> <p>He didn't properly sleep through the night (defining as 12 hour stretch with no wakeups) until after he weaned at 15 months, but at that point it was one wake up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852847 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:19:55 +0000 My Only Sunshine 1852847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: We did the Ferber method at around 5 months and it was a life saver. I think we could have done it earlier actually. She dropped from a zillion wake-ups to one wake-up after two nights. I can't say enough good things about it.</p> <p>That said though, different things work for different babies. We tried some techniques from "No Cry Sleep Solution" with our daughter and they didn't help us at all, even though other moms have great success with them. We also tried pure Cry It Out but our daughter got really upset and wouldn't settle down. The Ferber method was what worked for us but it took a bit of trial and error. I think you have to find what works the best for you and your LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852832 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:14:24 +0000 Smurfette 1852832@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did first just shy of 4 months. I had a breakdown and DH sort of forced me into it. She was waking up every 30-90 mins, then it would take 30 mins to get her asleep. I have no clue how I was functioning at work. Or that it was safe me driving 30+ mins every day with her. </p> <p>We set that we wouldn't feed till after 2, and we didn't do checks. Three nights later she was finally putting herself to sleep and sleeping longer stretches. Then she started sleeping till 5 or 6. </p> <p>We had to resleep train at 6 months due to teething and multiple wakes up again. Three nights again and she was back to STTN.</p> <p>Hugs! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852803 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:02:39 +0000 looch 1852803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11 months, after 2 attempts at around 7 months and again at 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852797 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:58:01 +0000 Lindsay05 1852797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 4 months with both LOs. It wasn't really planned out, it was more like, I need a break, you are fed, you are changed. There is nothing else I can do for you at this point. We started with naps which seemed to have made night times easier. LOs have been STTN since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852796 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:56:53 +0000 Tidybee 1852796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BeBop: us too - the checks just made her angrier and delayed the sleep process even more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852794 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:56:07 +0000 Tidybee 1852794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did CIO at 14 months after trying every other sleep training method. It worked beautifully after 2 awful nights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852793 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:52:42 +0000 lawbee11 1852793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>15-40 wakeups?!? OMG, you poor thing. We did Ferber around 6 1/2 months. She was waking 3 times/night, and Ferber brought it down to 1 wakeup. She didn't STTN til we night-weaned at 12 months. We've had to re-train a couple of times after illness or teething, but when we re-trained it always got better in just one or two nights. Hope things improve for you soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852791 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 07:50:12 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1852791@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>7 months. We did some half asked attempts starting around 4 months but for me, it wasn't the length of crying, it was the intensity that told me I didn't want to do it. She didn't scream so forcefully around 7 months &amp; never cried more than 30 minutes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/at-what-age-did-cio-work-for-youyour-baby#post-1852746 Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:47:47 +0000 immabeetoo 1852746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No CIO advice just sympathy, hope his sleep gets better soon! </p>