https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 06:41:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-246777 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:10:09 +0000 Clementine 246777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: thanks! good to know! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-246775 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:09:30 +0000 Mrs. Bee 246775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: sometimes they have a little regression on day 4. but for most babies, they are fully sleep trained within a week!</p> <p>charlie was super easy to night train and was completely trained by night 4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-246754 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:58:43 +0000 Andrea 246754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: I never had to do CIO so I don't know but I think he is taking to the method really well and it may be a little worse tonight but I think by the end of 1 week he will be sleeping really well. Just a guess! ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-246712 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:27:34 +0000 Clementine 246712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: i know this sounds crazy, but somehow i am like what if he regresses. No, right?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-246706 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:25:14 +0000 Andrea 246706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: I knew it wouldn't take too long. Hoooooray!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-246694 Fri, 03 Aug 2012 08:18:33 +0000 Clementine 246694@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LADIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE DID AWESOME DAY 2!</p> <p>I put him down at 6:52 am, of course, then he cried for 13 mins.<br /> He slept from 7:05 am until (drum roll, please) 2:28 am!<br /> Then I fed him and he fell back asleep until (another drum roll, please)....6:30 am!!!!!!!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-246328 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:10:46 +0000 Honeybee 246328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: That's great news! Here's hoping tonight continues this way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-246001 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:56:39 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 246001@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: thank you!!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-245673 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:45:37 +0000 Clementine 245673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunglasses: thanks for all the encouragement! also i loved sienna's nursery esp. how you incorporated many things that you already owned and had sentimental value! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-245634 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:36:29 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 245634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yay!!!! glad to hear there was improvement. It took 4 days for us, but those 4 days of crying was well worth it for the hours of uninterrupted sleep it gave us afterwards! :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-245625 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:34:33 +0000 Clementine 245625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: Well, he went down tonight around 6:50 pm and CIO for 13 minutes! This is a vast improvement from 27 minutes last night! Hoping naively maybe he won't wake up for the rest of the night. It's the worse when he's crying in the middle of the night. Sigh... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244809 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 11:40:08 +0000 Honeybee 244809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck tonight! I hope you all start sleeping better very soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244639 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:39:06 +0000 Clementine 244639@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Red: Thanks, Red. I am seriously hoping tonight, it will get easier and you and Mrs. Bee are right. I need to let him CIO at 4 too. Somehow I feel even more exhausted by letting him CIO, I guess, it's the emotional component of hearing your child cry on top of the physical weariness, but I know in the end it will be worth it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244635 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:37:50 +0000 Clementine 244635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: thanks! I will def let him CIO at 4 too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244629 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:35:07 +0000 Red 244629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't worry, day 2 and 3 are much easier. My LO cried for almost 2 hours the first night, but it lessened to 1 hr the 2nd night, 30 min the 3rd, and barely 1 minute the 4th.</p> <p>And definitely do not let him in your bed at 4am. Otherwise, he'll continue to wake himself up in hopes that you'll come to pick him up, which kinda defeats the purpose of sleep training and sleeping through the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244627 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:34:55 +0000 Mrs. Bee 244627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: i think you should continue to cio. all babies have a strong shift in their sleep cycle at 4:00, which is why they wake up at that time. they really need to learn to put themselves back to sleep at that time, or you may have a perpetually early riser on your hands. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244608 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 10:29:08 +0000 Clementine 244608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: thanks, Mrs. Bee! I'm hoping Day 2 and onwards that it will get easier. Also do you think it's okay to let him into our bed when he's awake at 4 am or should I continue to let him CIO? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244489 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:27:45 +0000 Mrs. Bee 244489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>maybe you could offer your neighbors a white noise machine if you're worried about making them mad?</p> <p>i know it's not easy, but cio was life changing for us, and i have no regrets. just remind yourself that you're not doing it to your baby...... you're doing it for him. once he's getting all the sleep he needs, it'll be totally worth it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244484 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:18:14 +0000 Clementine 244484@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well my stubborn little man cried it out for almost 30 minutes then slept for 5 hours straight then cried around midnight for 20 minutes then fell asleep for 2 hrs then I fed him and he fell asleep for another 2 hours then at 4 am, he was awake and I couldn't deal with the crying so he stayed in bed with us, but was fully awake. Still trying to woke this CIO out. Not looking forward to day 2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244168 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:50:46 +0000 Andrea 244168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Clementine: If they are not nice, then definitely don't worry about them! </p> <p>Been feeling good lately, thanks! ;-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244108 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:37:35 +0000 Clementine 244108@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: Thanks, Andrea! I know, I shouldn't worry about them but they haven't been the nicest folks. I hope you are feeling good! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244103 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:36:11 +0000 Andrea 244103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck! It probably won't take many nights and don't worry about the neighbors! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244101 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:35:29 +0000 Clementine 244101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: Yep, that's what I did too. I'm hoping miraculously that CIO will also get better or at least shorter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244096 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:32:54 +0000 Rubies 244096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good luck!!!!!!!! It is hard, huh? When we CIO with LO, instead of just sitting on my bed listening to her cry, I treated it as work. I had a notepad and pen and I took notes - time, what kind of crying, how long, when did she start to settle, etc. It helped me stay calm and helped me listen to the way she was crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/first-time-really-cio#post-244092 Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:30:44 +0000 Clementine 244092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I finally pulled the trigger and let DS (5 mos) really CIO. Before, we did 10 minutes max, but couldn't bare it. Tonight, I was like that's it. If I don't get some sleep, I'm going to lose it. </p> <p>He cried for 30 mins before he fell sleep. It was def excruciating and I am not looking forward to round 2 during the night.</p> <p>I am just worried about neighbors being pissed off esp at night. Sigh, wish me luck. </p>