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Hi, Another CIO question. The girls's sleeping habits seem to get worse at night. The now start waking at about 11:30 and continue to wake until the night is done. Sometiimes 6 - 7 times per child. We don't feed them anymore, because when we do, they hardly drink anything. Sunday night i was so exhausted, we closed all the doors, and we let them be for the rest of the night, and I woke at7:00 Am (this is from about 2:30 on). So we decided to go all the way, and let them CIO, and hopefully sleep through by the end of the week. Haylee ended up not feeling well so we skipped a few nights and last night, we closed the doors again, and let them be.

Well this is what happened. When Hope woke up she cried, then screamed, then cried, but did not stop, an hour went past, finally i went in gave her the soother, (probably the wrong thing to do)she konked out for any halve and hour, and then it started all over again.

Haylee did not go back to sleep, she just talked for hours, but could not go back to sleep, because she needs a soother.

So with other words, they more or less cried and fussed all night, and closing the doors did not help, because i still heard every little peep :icon_eek:

Is it going to get better? A friend of mine sayes that the 2nd night is the worst, and then it gets better. If you have done CIO, can you tell me how it went for you!!!! Please, I need sleep desperately, tell me this works.!!!!

Thanks

 

It got better at day 3 for us with dd and day 5 for ds. He was a lot more stubborn than her. I am so grateful i did it though and toughed it out. We did the check after 5 min (not picking up talking or lights, just a rub on the back and leaving) then 10 min later then 15 min after that and so on. It was totally exhasuting the first few nights but SO worth it!

Hang in there! you can do it. It is so worth it in the long run!

 

My experience with CIO is that it always gets worse before it gets better. Sorry. :hug99: I am still working on my two. One got it down and the other just doesn't seem to be affected by CIO at all. All babies are different though so not all methods will work.

 

CIO is tough, just hang in there. Just so you know it doesn't work for everybody.

 

Hello,

You will have good and bad nights. It took us about a week and each night got progressively better. Just stay strong! CIO was difficult; however, I felt it was much easier for them to cry in a safe place than it was for me to hold them when I was exhausted and frustrated. Mine have been great sleepers since CIO. We've had some difficult nights; however, those were for a reason. Good luck!

 

cio success story.

go with routine.. dinner , bath , teeth, milk story then bed..

give hugs and kisses and thats it.. nothing else.. i close the door.. and turn on the bath water..

i walked out the front door..

20 min later they were asleep.. i turned off the water and slept through the night after a wk of the routine..

i also added the same 1 stuffy that stays in bed.. not play, not carryaround.. just in the crib..

they will be fine..

if they talk let em talk.. just make sure you have the background noise of the water

good luck..

ps mine still use water to sleep at 1.5 years

 

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Hello,

You will have good and bad nights. It took us about a week and each night got progressively better. Just stay strong! CIO was difficult; however, I felt it was much easier for them to cry in a safe place than it was for me to hold them when I was exhausted and frustrated. Mine have been great sleepers since CIO. We've had some difficult nights; however, those were for a reason. Good luck!


Ditto. You have to stay strong and remember consistency is key. Try to remember that if you go in to sooth, they will expect it next time they cry. It is so so hard. My house is small so we heard everything. I was so tired though that to tell you the truth, it did not bother me like I thought it would. I remember laying in my bed just so happy that I would not be getting uo (even though they were crying). Good luck!

 

Good luck, try to stay strong and tough it out. I know CIO is MUCH easier with a singleton but I'm telling you, I did it w/ my 4 yr old and he's become the world's best sleeper. Next to nothing can wake him and he always slept the whole night through starting early on. It will pay off in the long run!

 

CIO was rough for us the first few nights and then it has been pretty much sleeping through now. What I find hard is getting them down lately for bedtime and taking such short naps. Just stay diligent you will be able to tell when it is really cries of needing you or distress or just fussing it out. Good Luck. :hug99:

 

CIO worked well with all my children they are all fabulous sleepers, but it is really hard! Like you with the twins we were just too exhuasted to keep getting up a thousand times at night. It does get worse before it gets better so hang in there. Their doctor is a firm believer in CIO, he says that it is essential that they learn to self soothe. It will get better, just stick with a routine! Good Luck.

 

It took about a week of constant CIO for it to work for us. But before that we fought them for a month. We would go in and pat their backs, try to soothe them, etc and this just seem to make it worse. Finally when we decided we werent even going to walk in the room unless it was an emergency, it took a week. The first few days were rough but they gradually got better. Now my girls sleep from 8 pm-6am. They still wake up from time to time, but are able to get themselves back to sleep shortly afterwards.

Our girls were 10 months old (8 months adjusted) when we started CIO.