How long did the CIO take?

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My son was a great sleeper, but I am afraid with teething and things we have gotten into some bad habits of waking in the middle of the night and needed mommy to go back to sleep.  For example, he nurses for long time before going to bed, but has been waking up between 11 and 12.  He does not nurse then, but needs me to rock him to go back to sleep.   I do not like hearing him cry, but I am contemplating working on letting him learn to self sooth.  If you have done this, what was the longest your little one cried before falling asleep?  How many nights did it take before it got better?  I am trying to mentally prepare myself.  Any other suggestions for helping get past the 11/12 wake up, other than letting him cry??

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You'll hear a lot of "don't do CIO" from moms of good/decent sleepers. But my daughter was waking 5-7 times a night and could only be put down by nursing even though I knew for sure she wasn't hungry. Something HAD to change because we were all so sleep deprived. Don't get me wrong it is so hard to hear your baby CIO, but it was the best thing to happen for our family! She's a happier baby, I'm a rested momma, and naps are so much better during the day. 
That being said, she cried for a whole hour (not bloody murder crying...but fussing) the first night (I cried with her some of the time), 2nd night cried about 20 minutes, 3rd night fussed and talked 5 minutes, 4th night went right to sleep no problem and has every night since. 
Bottom line is only YOU know what's best for your baby and works for your family. It sounds like your baby is perfectly fine and just needs to learn how to get himself back to sleep somehow! Good luck mama!

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Personally, I will savor these cuddles for as long as I can no matter how late or how many times she wakes up. I in no way could let her lay there and cry knowing all she wanted was to be cuddled or was having teething pain, was hungry, etc.

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I will never do cio. It's probably just from teething and it'll pass. I'd wait it out.

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My baby girl slept through the night from 2 1/2 months. Then she started waking 2-4 times a night over a month ago. I was only able to get her back to sleep by nursing so it was hard on me. I hated to do CIO but it has helped my baby get back to sleeping though the night! I did the Ferber Method which is where you go in every so often to soothe baby for up to 15 seconds. There is the Vanilla CIO by some guy but that one is just let the baby cry forever and I couldn't do that! The first night she cried for 6 minutes total that was 3 minutes then me going in one time and 3 minutes later she was asleep. The next couple nights were about the same and then I haven't had to go in since. She usually falls asleep right when I put her down now. It's hard in the beginning and I cried but she is a great sleeper and gets herself back to sleep in the middle of the night so no more night wakings! Good luck and let me know how it goes!

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You're going to get tons of bad comments but just do what you think is best. We tried it but it didn't work for us. I think our boys weren't ready for it. But when I was researching it I ready many babies cried up to 30 minutes.

How long did the CIO take?

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