sleep training = cry it out?

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What are your thoughts on this? Is this basically the cry it out method? I just don't know how I feel about it, doesn't settle well with me. What has worked for you?

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I think it's bull crap. carry a baby for 9 months than put it in another room. I don't know how mom's can do this. dogs and cats and animals sleep as a family. I sleep with both my kids and I'm pregnant. I try not to ever let them cry. it's not healthy. they are communicating if they are, and you just gunna Pat a baby on it's back. I don't like it.

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This is how we did it but we did time increments of 5-10-15. It worked great. Before that my daughter was having a horrible time sleeping and was grumpy all the time from lack of sleep. It took two days of doing this at night and setting nap times and doing the same method. Since then she falls asleep peacefully on her own and sleeps through the night. She's happy, strong, playful, and smart. She needed some good sleep and has been the better for it since. I wouldn't do this before the baby is at least 6 months old though. And if you're nursing they may still wake through the night for feeds and thats ok.

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CIO is a big no for me. Your child stops crying because they realize no one is coming to help them. Absolutely not (in my opinion).

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We did this but only ever allowed a couple minutes of crying before going in and comforting for 30 seconds or so. I’m not willing to let a baby cry that long without responding. It still worked great for us. Our son was putting himself to sleep, and back to sleep throughout the night, like a champ after only a couple days.

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sounds smart otherwise your baby will be a crying and winning child at 3 still due to not being thought how to self soothe

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This is the “Ferber method”, which is the “cry it out” method. I think it’s good in theory but every baby is different.. some aren’t able to self soothe that early while others are. 
The Ferber method also says that if your child cries to the point of throwing up, you are to clean them up in a businesslike fashion without cuddling and then lay them back down. That to me is a little too soulless haha but that’s just my opinion

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My son slept with me every night until 15 months. He was also waking several times in the night to nurse. However, I’m pregnant and plan to nurse the new baby so I knew I couldn’t have my son latched on all night. I just started putting him in the crib cold turkey. It took a few weeks of horrible nights (he felt asleep standing leaned against the rails a few times) but now he looks forward to getting in his crib and the few times he wakes up in the night he puts himself back to sleep. Sometimes I hear him turn his music on and sometimes he doesn’t need it. I realize your baby may be a lot younger, but I was just showing that it really doesn’t matter how long your baby is in your bed, it won’t make it harder to get them out. Like people saying “they’ll be 6 and still in your bed!” are just being negative and dramatic.

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It sounds reasonable. But I would feel like trash, if I was turning up music, drinking a glass of wine, or eating chocolate. While my baby is down the hall screaming, because she feels alone.

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One night of this is all it took for our kiddo to start falling asleep on his own which also coincided with him sleeping through the night.

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I did the 3-5-7-10-15 minutes, but I always picked her up and soothed her that way. But it would never even pass 7 minutes she’d figure it out and soothe herself. My daughter is 2 1/2 and rarely wakes up in the middle of the night. And even then holding her for a minute or two is all she needs

sleep training = cry it out?

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