LO's pediatrician was pro-CIO and said to start it at 4 months, including forgoing night feeds. He didn't know anything about Weissbluth, or give advice on how to establish good sleep habits.
Did you follow it, or find his/her advice useful?
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My doctor is very pro CIO, and I am not. I'm not against it for everyone.... it's just not for us. I just didn't bring anything sleep related up to the doctor because I already knew I wouldn't listen.
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I think I relied more on the people at HB than I did my pediatrician.
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When I complained about LO's bad night sleep at 4 months he told me I had to get her out of my room. I resisted at first. Turned out, he was totally right. We all slept much better.
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It was never even discussed with our Doc. I rely almost exclusively on HB for sleep guidance!
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No. Our pediatrician gave us pros and cons for a few different sleep training methods (including none at all) but is very much "The right way is whatever way works for your family". The only thing she's really against is co-bedding, but we never told her we did that...
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No. We bed share, which our pedi recommends against. Granted, she's only a month, and we plan to move her to her own sleeping quarters....eventually.
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Nope.
We've been with the same practice but had 3 different pediatricians. The first was fine with co-sleeping, the 2nd was very against it so I made it a point not to discuss our sleeping arrangements any longer. The doctor who started the entire practice has a book out and he is pro-CIO and advocates for putting the baby down at 7 p.m. and coming back at 7 a.m. Not for us.
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Nope. We relied on our pedi for when lo is sick & to monitor gross/fine development, that's pretty much it.
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DD's ped was supportive in our desire to sleep-train by CIO but thought we should wait longer to do so (DD was 3.5 months) but for health reasons but only because he has a soft spot for DD! He didn't suggest anything nor did he recommend anything, which was fine with me. He just felt that we could have waited a month or so.
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Ours was concerned about LO's lack of sleep with multiple wakeups at 4-6 months old. He suggested CIO at four months. It didn't go well, but we were ready by 6 months. Once LO learned to put himself to sleep, everything improved. He suggested advice, but didn't enforce it on us.
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Yes, but his beliefs very much align with ours - we are a co-sleeping, non-CIO family.
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I'm reading the Weissbluth book now. It's very informative for how important sleep really is. It is refreshing that he discusses all methods, but I'm too early into the book to catch any significant biases. He does, at least, account for differences in styles. For example, "if you co-sleep XYZ"...
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Our docs have been very pro-CIO and we are not, so we disregarded all sleep advice.
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In LOs first year we went to a big practice and seemed to see a different ped most times. They all had different views so I just kinda nodded and said that's nice - even though half the time it was not in line with what the previous ped had said - and I was semi-vague on giving them details because I just didn't really want to get into it. I knew what the various options were and we were figuring it out for our family.
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@prettylizy: same. I have no plans/don't need to ask my Dr for advice, because I feel I get plenty of advice and exposure to different opinions on HB!
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@Mrs. Jacks: Do you think pediatricians should be viewed as the "sleep experts"?
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my doctor (who is a mother herself) told us we should do extinction with DD. She said she did it with her kids and they STTN in 3 days. We did not try that and stuck with co sleeping. my doctor supported us and told us whatever worked for our family.
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@Freckles: my friend is an ER pediatrician and I asked him about his expertise in sleep methods and he said he read some of the books (not in full) and took the helpful information. He said most doctors will recommend CIO since its the most popular method. My friend does not have any children yet, so I would take advice with a grain of salt.
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@Freckles: no. We don't get a lot of training on the subject and so pediatricians either inform their opinion based on their own kids (and they usually HAVE to sleep due to their job-- leading to more recs of CIO) or based on the little we do learn... Unless for some reason they've taken a special interest in the subject and have done additional reading.
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@Mrs. Jacks: @bunnylove08: Thanks, that makes me feel better since i said those exact same things.
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No.
I did ask him and I do trust him, however, he was all for CIO without any sort of sleep routine advice and/or method of how to go about it. I couldn't just CIO without knowing sleep routine and direction. I read a book on it which explains it perfectly (Ferber). He told me about 1.5h wake times and establishing a pre-bedtime routine and now my sons sleeps great! -
We've been asked about DS' sleep at visits but I don't recall receiving any recommendations. We go back for DS' one year check-up (eek) in about three weeks and he doesn't STTN so I'll be curious if they say anything).
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My particular doctor - yes, I do. Because her views pretty much aligned with mine. She was all for safe-cosleeping practices, but ultimately she said that she supports and encourages whatever safe sleeping situation works best for each individual family. In fact she applies that principal to her general care. I love that she has always been supportive and helpful from a more objective standpoint. I truly appreciate her insight.
However, any other doctor I've seen, I wouldn't trust so readily.
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At E's 4 month appt, the NP basically said, "oh, she's at that age where it's kind of a crapshoot". Not. Helpful. She did advise we put her down for naps in her crib, though.
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Yes. I was surprised to find that he was anti-CIO, which made me feel better. I was on the fence about CIO, but we had tried everything and I was at the end of my rope. He just really said that it was important that LO start putting himself to sleep at night, and that there might be a small bit of crying, but that it was okay for me to comfort him when he did. So when he cried, I comforted, just not to sleep, and within a few nights he was going to bed on his own. It was the best thing we ever did. That being said, LO is still nursing 2xs a night at 7 months, which my pedi says he thinks is fine. Its just better than getting up 10 time a night. I really like our pedi. and normally listen to his advice.
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Yes, but we go to weissbluth's practice so that made the sleep training decision a bit easier for us.
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@betsyboop: Well, I'd say that qualifies as an expert opinion
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I've never even thought to discuss sleep with our ped. Haven't asked, but I think HB and other online resources have been more valuable for advice.
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I would never ask my ped for parenting advice. Any thing he offers I just politely ignore.
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