Anyone doing CIO

For any one doing CIO or has done it, do you let them cio every time they wake during the night?

 

Yes, but mine only woke up once or twice per night. If they were repeatedly waking up I'd have to go in and see what was going on.

 

Mine only wake once, if at all. I go to them, soothe them for a minute, and leave. If they are still crying after 15-20 minutes, we will go to them again, but we DO NOT pick them up. The first 2 nights were horrible (lots of crying). Since then, it's been much better.

 

Yup. Enless something else is going on. I also sneak my head in, no eye contact, no noise, just to make sure I can't smell a poopy butt, an arm isn't stuck, that kinda thing. But I don't let them see me and I make it quick.

 

yes, we let them cry when they woke in the night. but they were much older than your two, are you sure that they aren't needing night feedings anymore? they seem a little young for CIO and may not have the skills/brain development to soothe themselves back to sleep.

 

For us, the answer is yes and no. We let them CIO when we first put them to bed... although I go in every 5-10 minutes to replace paci. I usually only have to do this once or twice - if at all. They both still have night feedings, so if it is time for them to eat - minimum 3 hours - then I will wait about 5 minutes to see if they are really wanting to eat, then get up and feed them. Sometimes they will sleep for another 30 min to an hour. If it has been less than 3 hours since their last feeding, then I let them CIO.

 

At three months I would absolutely feed them when they woke (past that three hour mark). If they woke before that, I'd do whatever I could to help them back to sleep. We used a very modifed CIO at 4 mos to help them learn to go to sleep on their own in the crib.

 

At three months we were still feeding every 3-4 hrs. Around 7 months the pedi gave us the okay that they were eating enough during the day and that nighttime feedings had just become habit. We did CIO then. Even in the middle of the night.