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We had to let R CIO for an hour and half once or twice(off and on) before she fell asleep. One time she then slept 2.5 hours, I still remember cause it was the first time she had ever napped that long.

Hugs! It is hard.

The only thing that worked for us was extinction CIO (as in, no checks). It's hard but was much quicker and more effective.

Extinction only worked for us. Every time I went in to see E, it's like the clock reset on CIO.

Now that she's fully sleep trained, I'll go in an see her if she's having a hard time and rub her back. Then usually she passes out right away. But in the beginning, that didn't work. Rarely does she struggle to go to sleep, though. So ti's not a battle we keep dealing with. Maybe every other week we're like, "why's she still awake?"...

For her nap, after one hour of crying, rescue her and then try again in an hour. Extinction worked for us with naps.

Extinction was the only thing that worked for us too. If we went in for a check, it's like we started all over again.

Lots of hugs to you...whatever you do, try to stay consistent. I would try the crib again for nap 3.

For naps, if the first attempt didn't work, we would go get him and try again in an hour. FWIW, I did checks for night time at small intervals (5, 7, etc min) but for naps I waited 10-15 minutes in between.

@bunnymommy: I know it seems so long. And even longer when you there listening to it. Hugs!