who has successfully sleep trained with the cry it out method?

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I'm just asking those who have tried it and if it worked or if it didn't & your experience. How long did it take? Did you notice anything different about your baby? (Like some people say it traumatize them)

We have tried the crying then going in and soothing then without carrying but it makes it worse. He falls asleep on his own when is he in bed with us (has been sleeping with us for three months now, he's 11m).

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We didn't use a traditional method, but as our daughter got older, we just kept up with routine and persistance. We'd dump her in her crib with her special night time blankie, and walk out right away. If she'd cry, we'd give her a few minutes, and if she kept going, we'd go in and try comforting once, (by picking her up) and once she settled down try again. If it didn't work, we'd bring her back out and offer a bottle and keep her up for a bit longer, then try again with the same routine. We were quite adamant about her sleeping in her crib from the beginning though, so it's a little different than retraining an older baby to sleep somewhere else. We did it at 4 months and it took a couple weeks. She's 7 months now and has been on an 8-8 schedule ever since, with no night wakings and 2-3 naps per day. Now we just set her in her crib and she snuggles up with her blankie and goes right to sleep. No fuss. Since we did it gently, there was no trauma and she was never in distress. She loves her bedtime and enjoys her sleep.

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I simply couldn't do that to my LO! But each to their own, many say it def works!

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We transitioned our LO to the crib at 4 months and his own room because he was getting way too big for the bassinet, hitting his head constantly. We couldn't fit the crib in our room. He would also wake up from our presence, if we rolled in bed or when we came to bed. When he was in the bassinet we were picking him up to soothe him and once he went thru the 4th leap of events and his big 13 week growth spurt he was stimulated so much by everything especially when we picked him up. When he turned 4 months old I decided it was best to transition him and also start sleep training.
I stopped picking him up to soothe, we went in 5.7,10,15 min intervals. The first week was rocky had a couple hr sessions of him fussing but then week 2 was much better and now at 18 weeks. He takes 3 1.5-2 hr naps rarely cries at all when we set him in his crib awake. I can even change him and play with him before, doesn't effect him. He knows now once he is in the crib it's nap time. Now for nights... I couldn't let him cry at night and go 12 hrs without eating... he is on a schedule now where he wakes around 130 when he went to bed at 645pm. Sometimes he wakes again at 430 am and I feed him and change then right back to bed and he never fusses now. Usually gets up around 630 then nap at 8 am

who has successfully sleep trained with the cry it out method?

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