Is “cry it out” sleep training okay in your opinion?

it depends, letting a baby fuss for 5-10 minutes while figuring out how to get comfortable to fall asleep, is one thing. having an infant screaming for 30 minutes until they’re so exhausted they literally pass out is not okay in my eyes. when sleep training my son he would fuss for about 5-10 minutes before falling asleep. if he didn’t fall asleep i’d go in & feed him more or check his diaper. then lay him back down

I personally won’t be doing this. I really don’t believe it’s healthy to leave your baby crying like that.

Depends. I voted yes. But it really depends.My daughter was 7 months when we started.She went into her room for naps and bed time. Was allowed to cry and whine for about 5 minutes, then we would go in and comfort her, then try again. It took two nights for her to put herself to sleep all alone and then she slept through night

I didn’t allow my daughter to “cry it out” until last week at 14 months old. The first night was terrible. I did it in 2 minute intervals and each time I’d go in I’d comfort her and start over... it was SO worth it cause now all we do is our routine and lay her down and she goes to sleep!

I hate this argument becaus I feel like I'm on the hateful side of it. We use this method with my 13 month old son. If he wakes up in the middle of the night and I go in there, he won't go back to sleep. But if I let him cry for a few minutes and settle himself he is fine. I say it depends in the baby.

I hit yes but I should’ve hit after a certain age. I started at 6 months.

I started at 4 months when he consistently slept through the night. Now it’s 5 min of squirming and sorta fussing then he falls asleep. At first I’d go in after 10 min and then I’d check him and stand by the door till he fell asleep but now I put him down and after 5 min he is 98% of the time asleep

Hit the wrong answer. I wish it would let you change.. Anyways. Up to a certain age, which really depends on your own child, it is unnatural and i believe developmentally damaging, after a point though they can understand the concept of night night and there really isn't much crying it out. In my experience of 3 kids.

I think it honestly depends on the person. For me a strict cry it out wasn’t for me especially early on. We took our sons pacifier away at 11 months. He had a hard time falling asleep once we took the pacifier so we incorporated a security blanket and started sleep training. I never let my son go more than a half hour crying total. It only took us 3 days to get him into a routine and him going to sleep without making a peep. The first day I laid him down and let him cry for 5 minutes. I went in laid him back down gave him a kiss and walked out, I then let him cry for 10 minutes which I then went in again laid him down, rubbed his head, and walked out. Next he cried for 15 minutes (at this point if he didn’t fall asleep or calm down I was going to pick him up and comfort him) however just as I was about to go into his room he got quiet and laid down and went to sleep. That following night we started all over again. I laid him down he cried for 5 minutes I went in. Next he cried for about 2 more minutes and laid down and went to sleep. The following night I laid him down he cried for maybe 2 minutes and went to sleep. And since then he’s never made a peep when going to bed (and he’s 17 months old now).

My rule with my son was wait 10 minutes. If he was still crying, I would go in and soothe him and try again. He was a pretty good sleeper, so we didn’t have to do this often. I don’t remember starting it until he was almost a year old. My daughter is almost 4 months and actually is able to fall asleep unassisted as long as she has nurses right before.