We used Weissbluth's CIO method to sleep train our LO and it worked beautifully for her. I have a group of friends that consists of 6 moms and we e-mail each other throughout the week. I've noticed that the exchanges between the hard core CIO moms and attachment parenting moms who find CIO cruel have resulted in underlying tension. Has anyone experienced something similar? I'm surprised considering we all get along otherwise!
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We haven't sleep trained yet but I remember asking on Facebook about how to get A to sleep in her Moses basket and not on me anymore and everyone told me to let her CIO - she was 3 weeks old! I said I really wasn't ready to do that yet and I think everyone thought I was soft and totally felt a 'you'll see' vibe going on.
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i get that with cosleeping. so i dont go around advertising that we cosleep bc im sick of the lectures of how unsafe it is, drives me nuts. its not unsafe, when you take precautions, read up on it people!!
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I pretty much let DS dictate sleep. We did a sleep routine (bath, book, bed), we coslept, I nursed throughout the night. Working full time my coworkers thought I was nuts and wanted me to sleep train/CIO. I knew it wasn't right for us.
DS is 14 months, tells me he wants to go to bed and sleeps all night like a dream.
Trust your mommy instinct. Whatever you decide, you know your baby better than anyone else
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@stargal: I coslept with my LO until she was a few months old (I slept on the floor of the nursery), and when I told my friends, they looked at me like I was crazy! One actually said "Shame on you, that's so bad."
@rachiecakes: I agree, no one knows your LO better than you!
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Yes. Which is why I chose to forgo telling anyone unless they specifically ask.
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Yep, I get called "hippy dippy". *roll eyes*
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Yup, Mil (who tries to dictate how to raise my child) told me to never let lo cry herself to sleep, apparently she should be rocked and cuddled instead.
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@Mrs. Pen: Exactly
People are super touchy about sleep training, I try not to bring it up. My mom felt I should let my kids cry as little babies and I was not into it at all. I got told all the time by random people to let them CIO. It was annoying, so I don't do it unless people ask my advice.
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All my friends think we were ridiculous to cosleep and not do CIO. Most pediatricians are very pro CIO.
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Yes! All of my friends are very anti-CIO and have said how it creates trust issues, it's cruel, it's neglectful, etc. It worked for my son though. With my daughter, it worked for a little while but long term really only responded to it for naps. We co-sleep at night now which I also get crap for,
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We cosleep and I don't talk about it with many people, and especially not my parents. I am personally not anti anything I think whatever works for you go for it! Pre-baby I wou
D have never thought I would ever cosleep, funny the things that change when you have your own baby! -
I just tell people my son sleeps well. If they ask why, I usually just say "I got lucky". I just don't wanna go there...
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@Mrs. Jacks: we saw a different pediatrician last week regarding w's sleep issues and her advice was to move her crib into a different room of the house so we can't hear her cry!
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@stargal: Yes, I try not to too many people know that we co-sleep because I get crazy comments and looks. I think people just need to realize that what works for one family doesn't necessarily work for another and butt out. No judgments.
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@Rainbow Sprinkles: that's not a great solution!
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@stargal: yup. I'm ready to stop admitting the we co-sleep. I'm starting to get lectures.
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I was told that every baby should CIO and if they don't their sleep will be bad. Soooo..... Then why has my toddler been sleeping 12 straight since 2 1/2 months with no sleep training?! There's no one right way, and every baby is different and has different needs.
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We did a Ferber CIO with checks sleep training around 4.5 months when we were going out of our minds sleep deprived (up every hour all night). If it comes up I don't have a problem with telling people about it. We did what was best for everyone in the family and we ALL sleep better now.
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