Seperation Anxiety & CIO

So we did CIO when the babies were younger, about 5 months old and it worked well for us. But a few weeks ago we had family in town and took a little vacation and as a result babies go way off schedule and used to cuddling with us and us getting them to sleep. Now we have some night waking going on-just babies waking up crying like 1-3hrs after bed and usually another time during the night...I think they are having a bit of seperation anxiety which I know is normal at this age. My question is...would you do CIO again during the seperation anxiety period? We have been letting them cry 10-15 mins then going in and soothing...however, sometimes this just makes things worse and they start screaming again within a few minutes. I just kind of have this fear that it will "damage" them to do CIO with seperation anxiety issues, but going in there does seem to make things worse often.

 

I think I would try a night or two of CIO and see what happens. They might just need to re-adjust to their old routine. It's hard to hear them cry, especially when you know it's because they are missing you :hug: Good luck!

 

I agree with Nancy, I think that letting them cry for 5 to 10 minutes will be harder on you than it is on them. It might take a little bit of crying to get them re-adjusted to their schedule.

 

I think you will probably need to let them CIO again for a few nights. That's what I always did when mine regressed a bit after a vacation or some other schedule interruption. And I agree with Aimee, it's probably harder on you than them. :hug:

 

We have had the same thing happen, and had to just let them CIO a couple of nights. Like you said, they would just get worse when we went in there. It was hard not to go in there but we knew that they were tired and there was nothing we could really do for them.

 

Thank you all for the reassurance. I knew thats what I need to do, I just needed to hear it from others and be assured that I am indeed doing the right thing.

Thanks again!

 

Good luck! :hug: