Did it surprise you how many people did sleep training?
Like almost everyone in my new moms group, except the really hippy type girl. Even the mom would pull over every time her baby cried in the car! Tons of my coworkers. Friends that I wasn't expecting had done it in the past.
It's really surprising to me. I know it's a personal choice but it's definitely a majority of my friends and acquaintances.
pomegranate / 3393 posts
In real life, I think 25% of our friends/acquaintances did, but on the internet it seems like a majority of people do! I wouldn't say I'm surprised, it doesn't apply to me so I just click on the next thing.
pomegranate / 3438 posts
I didn't think I would ever sleep train with cry it out. But then I had a LO who was waking up multiple times a night at a year old and not falling back asleep no matter what I did. It was a last resort and I'm glad I did it. We did a modified cry it out and within a couple of days he was sleeping 11-12 hours and not crying at bedtime.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
All my family and friends (apart from the ones I met through HB did) DH's family didn't though.
grapefruit / 4418 posts
Everyone I know does it and encouraged me to do it despite them knowing I wasn't comfortable with it.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
A lot of people I know did it and encouraged me to. I just didn't talk about how tired I was so they would stop already.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Most people I know in real life did. Most of my friends were or are working moms who did it as a last resort. My first I never had to sleep train and now with a baby who doesn't sleep through at 12 months I totally get why CIO works for some. I've tried some sleep training but I can't deal with the crying and am choosing the path of least resistance until we wean.
eggplant / 11861 posts
Many friends/co-workers do/did CIO!
I agree with a few above if you are not for it, just don't bring up sleep around them...lol
I would and could see myself doing CIO as a last resort, when I couldn't do anything else.
coconut / 8279 posts
Just about everyone I know did CIO and encouraged me to.
I have very low sleep needs myself and have just accepted that my child takes after me. I never thought I'd co-sleep but it works for us.
grapefruit / 4418 posts
@mediagirl: @FaithFertility: that's the thing, I never brought sleep up because it never was a big deal to me even though she didn't STTN for a loooooong time and still wakes up about half the time at 22 months! I felt like every time I talked to someone their first question was is she STTN yet? And I'd say no, she only wakes up to eat and goes right back down its not too bad at all. And then they told me how I just HAD to let her CIO so she'd learn to self soothe or she wild never learn to sleep through the night. Eventually though o just started saying she was STTN!
pomegranate / 3393 posts
Yeah very early on, I learned that my definition of sttn is different than some others, and so I'd say "yup! He sttn!" Meanwhile, he was getting up 5x/night to nurse or whatever! Sometimes I wasn't bothered, sometimes I was over it, but I didn't want CIO advice.
Now at 2.5, my DS falls asleep like a dream, naps great, can sleep anywhere, sleeps for 9-10 hours straight, and I can nurse him in the morning if I need him to sleep a little more, so I feel like it was all worth it. 
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