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@Mrs.Someone: we did do CIO at that age. Nursing to sleep stopped working and we would be spending an hour some nights rocking and bouncing her to sleep. We were all going insane. I tried other methods but just didn't have the patience- since I hadn't slept in three months!

What happens if you just put her down without rocking? There's a lot in between CIO and rocking to sleep. We rock until drowsy (or now that she's older until she flips out an gets mad) and lay her down. Sometimes she falls right asleep, other times she rolls around and playa with her lovey and wubbanub for up to 30 mins before falling asleep. Sometimes she cries. Of she cries we pick her up until she stops, then lay her down again and repeat until she goes to sleep. Just like adults sometimes take longer/shorter to fall asleep some nights, so do babies.

Try this it's amazing

http://boards.hellobee.com/topic/happy-sleeping-technique

Have you tried white noise?

I think getting them to fall asleep on their own is a process that will take time if you don't want to do CIO, so patience is a must. Around 10 weeks we started putting her down drowsy but would pick her up and rock to sleep when she cried. Gradually it got easier. At 9 months now I nurse/rock her for a few minutes and now most of the time she will lay quietly for up to 30 mins on her crib before falling asleep.