cry it out method?

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does the cry it out method actually work? I don't mean let them cry for hours on end... but where you go in every 5 minutes and reassure them until they go to sleep..? when my baby was 6 weeks old he slept through the night, and now at 6 months he wakes up at least 2-3 times.... and he is a pain to put down at bedtime. it all started at 4 months when he got rsv and then had a huge sleep regression. now he is teething and I feel like I will never sleep through the night again!
hearing him cry and cry is going to rip my heart out, so I want to make sure it actually works! or if anyone has any other advice, I'll take it! 
thanks!

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It rips your heart out because you know its not right. IMO if it doesn’t feel right, it’s not right. I’m not judging others who do it but it’s not what I do.

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6 months old seems a bit young to make him cry it out. It's normal at his age to experience sleep regression. I'd suggest limiting day time naps. Wake him up if he's sleeps over a certain time period. And if you don't have this already in his room, something that creates white noise like a small fan always worked wonders for my babies. We also always had Dreamlites in their rooms (still use them every night). They make soothing night lights just for babies as well. That may help him settle down for the night. Good luck, mama!

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Going in every 5 minutes didn’t work for me. 
We did cio at 8 months to get her sleeping in her own room/crib and the first night took 45 minutes, I sat outside her room and cried the whole time. But every night after that the time decreased drastically and overall it only took a week and she was sleeping in her room and only waking up once at night.

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It works! I've done it with all 4 of my kids. Going back in every 5 min just makes them more angry, doesn't work. Stuck to your guns. It's really hard and takes will power from you. It is not hurting them. Each night it gets easier and easier.. it usually takes 3 nights and by the time I put them to sleep the 4-5-6 night they go right to bed in their own. 
Get your bedtime routine down. They know it is coming then.

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Reading all the anti-cry things online kept me from wanting to try this with my 8 week old. But he was never a good sleeper. His first day into the world, he was awake the entire day. After that he slept 30-45 minute increments. He was so fussy all the time. We treated him for gas and reflux because we thought something might be making him uncomfortable. My doctor was the one who suggested letting him cry. She reassured me that crying does not hurt babies, but having such poor quality sleep during these crucial months of development is not good for them. I started with 5 minutes and never went over 20 (and only once). I had a completely clear conscious knowing that I've ruled out any other possible need. His primary need at that point was learning to sleep! He only cried for 20 minutes once. It didnt work that time. I went to get him and rocked him until he fell asleep. Then the next time I gave it another chance, he was asleep within 10minutes. By the next day it took 5. Now I put him down in his crib awake (at bedtime) and I will see him wiggle a bit on the monitor but he goes to sleep without a fuss. I continued to get him immediately for middle of the night wakes and would nurse him back to sleep. But within a week he was sleeping 7-8 hours. It was hard those first few times but I never felt it was wrong. I wasnt doing it because I  needed more sleep. I was doing it in HIS best interest. He is so much more comfortable and happy during the day! You know your baby. Nobody loves your baby more than you do. So be confident in yourself and your decisions for your baby!

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I tried it with my last baby. It totally backfired. I tried it for two weeks when he was about 6 months old, and it was torture for both of us. He’s now 3 years old and still a bad sleeper.

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It didn’t feel right for me but I needed to stop rocking my twins to sleep. We did a super gentle version where I sat with each girl once I put them down and at first had a hand on their chest and would shush them- that was the hardest part the first initial week where they got used to falling asleep on their own and not on one of us. Then we just started to pull back slowly for the next few weeks. We would sit with them and have a hand on them and not shush one week then the next week just sit with them and now after about a month they fall asleep quietly on their own with almost no tears. It took FOREVER it feels like but I never felt like I was abandoning them or letting them cry alone and it worked for us.

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I sleep trained starting the day we came home from the hospital. There were next to no tears in teaching our daughter how to sleep through the night or go to sleep on her own and she was never ever left to cry herself to sleep either. We had her sleeping 12 hours straight by 5 weeks old and by 3 or 4 months old, she could be put down completely awake and she'd put herself to sleep completely on her own. Cry it out does not teach them how to sleep. It teaches them that you're not coming if they cry so they either just cry and cry until they pass out or they'll cry for a few minutes and realize you're not going to come for them and give up. Which is very very sad to me.

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It works! My little guy never cried longer than 10 min

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I only use the cio method with my little one when I know she's fighting sleep and I set a timer for 10 minutes.  typically she's asleep by 6 minutes but if she's still crying after 10 I go and comfort her.

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