How’s everyone’s LOs doing with self-soothing at bedtime? Last week we started letting my son (7 months this week) CIO for short intervals (2-5 mins at a time), then I’ll go in and rub his back or pick him up to calm him if he’s really worked up, and most of the time it works, he’s typically asleep after max 40 mins whining/crying. Tonight he made himself sick though after crying for like 3 minutes 🤦🏻‍♀️ before we started letting him CIO, he would sleep max 2-3 hours at a time at night, would need to nurse back to sleep every time and he would have 2 naps a day for 20-30 mins each. Now he’s sleeping up to 8 hours at a time (usually 6), then 3-4 hours, and his naps are now about 1-1/2 hours...so I would definitely say it’s working for the most part. It’s just so hard letting him cry, especially tonight to the point of making himself sick 😞

Anyone have tips to make it easier? And what are you doing for nighttime wakings because he wants a snack when he gets up so I feed him and he typically falls back asleep about 5-10 mins later. He’s on the smaller side so I don’t mind feeding him (plus it keeps me from needing to pump), but I’m worried I’m not letting him self-soothe in the night and it’s making it harder for naps and bedtime. Any advice?