CIO question - WWYD

Well, DD1 is starting to show signs of sleep maturation and we're considering starting CIO with her but here's the problem: She compulsively rolls to her stomach a few minutes after she falls alseep, which is fine, she'll sleep that way mostly but if she does wake up she can't roll to her back again.

When she's playing on the floor she can roll both ways but when she's upset in the crib she can't get off her stomach. I'd feel awful making her CIO when all she wants is to flip over but she physically can't do it by herself.

Should we wait until she is easily rolling both ways to do CIO or just do it and make her CIO on her stomach? She cries so hard when she's on her stomach, I can hardly take it for 30 seconds much less several hours...

what would you other mom's do?

 

Why do you want to do cio? What is the problem?

 

Personally I would wait until she can roll both ways. If she gets that upset on her tummy and you know that is why she is crying, I think it would be way too hard for me (just talking about myself here) to let her CIO.

Is she waking up a lot at night on her tummy and crying? Is it just happening a few minutes after falling asleep?
Once you put her on her back does she stay that way the rest of the night and sleep fine?

 

Is there a reason why you need to do CIO? Is she waking a lot in the middle of the night?

It sounds like your daughter probably isn't ready if she still needs you and your assistance in the middle of the night. From what I've read, CIO is great for times when babies have all the tools they need to self soothe but just don't know how to get started. If she's still learning how to roll over I'd say she's probably too young.

My advice would be to wait a month or so and see if her sleep problems have evened out by then. You may not even need to do CIO.

 

I'd go back in, flip her other, give her a cuddle and put her back down.

 

Ditto pps...you want to CIO when they are able to put themselves back to sleep. If she is fussing because she can't roll over then it's something she can't do for herself.

I'd wait another month or so and give it a go. If she's only waking to roll over then you're doing great and likely won't need to CIO unless a new issue arises.

 

I vote waiting until they can easily roll around before you let them CIO.. It'd be one thing if you didn't know what they were crying about and/or they were just being cranky, but if all they want is help rollin back over, I'd say help em'

 

My DS did this for about two weeks in his crib at night, he would get stuck. We would go in not turn on a light, put his back on his back , cover him up and not say a word. eventually he taught himself how to roll both ways. We always went in

 

QUOTE(AndiG @ Oct 30 2008, 10:25 PM) [snapback]1049666[/snapback]
Why do you want to do cio? What is the problem?


sorry, I probably should have mentioned, we have to go in sometimes 5+ times per night to re-binkie.

Sometimes she stays on her back and wakes up in the night and sometimes she rolls over and then wakes up later. sometimes I can re-binkie her when she's on her stomach and she goes right back to sleep and sometimes I have to rock her. But between her and her sister, sometimes we're up every hour during the night to "help" someone. we still rock them to sleep because they cant' fall asleep otherwise but we're starting to have to rock the longer and longer before we can put them down.

She's not always waking up because she's on her stomach, sometimes it's because she woke up and her binkie is out. sometimes she spends the whole night on her back too.

we just want to start to get some sleep at night... I know it's selfish, but we (or at least I) was really hoping by 7 months they would be sleeping better at night. I wish we never gave them paci's but at the time it soothed them so well when we couldn't always attend to both at once...

 

Wanting (really, needing) sleep is NOT selfish!! :hug: It is vital to function and be a good parent. Have you tried giving them 5-10 minutes to re-settle before going back in to soothe to sleep? Have you tried putting those Fisher Price Ocean Wonder Aquariums or Rainforest Lights and Music Soothers on their cribs? Those really worked well for my boys - they LOVE them. What about giving them a small "lovey" (blanket with animal head on it) or something else small to cuddle with at night. I've found that my boys will frequently suck on the blankie if their pacis fall out during the night.

 

QUOTE(mama23boys @ Nov 1 2008, 08:13 AM) [snapback]1051026[/snapback]
Wanting (really, needing) sleep is NOT selfish!! :hug: It is vital to function and be a good parent. Have you tried giving them 5-10 minutes to re-settle before going back in to soothe to sleep? Have you tried putting those Fisher Price Ocean Wonder Aquariums or Rainforest Lights and Music Soothers on their cribs? Those really worked well for my boys - they LOVE them. What about giving them a small "lovey" (blanket with animal head on it) or something else small to cuddle with at night. I've found that my boys will frequently suck on the blankie if their pacis fall out during the night.


they don't really "settle" on their own, we turn the monitor down so we dont' go in until they are really awake and usually crying.

we haven't given anything in the crib yet, DH especially is really safety concerned and didn't want anything in with them, but the Pedi gave the okay for a small lovey/blanket so I think we'll get one of those blanket's with an animal head thing!

I have an aquarium that we play with downstairs put i've never put in in their crib. Do the babies turn it on themselves?

thanks for everyone's help!