Who here agrees with self soothing a.k.a crying it out for a baby?

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Just curious as to who here thinks it’s okay to self soothe. I’m for it as long as I know my baby’s needs are met!

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Nope. Absolutely not. My son is 3 and I still rock him to sleep every night and I will continue to rock him to sleep every night, even if he’s 16. As long as he is ok with it, I’ll rock my child. I don’t believe in CIO at all. I love rocking him to sleep every night.

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Babies don’t have the cognitive or emotional capabilities to self soothe until they’re older. When mommy or daddy don’t come and help them when they’re scared at night, over time it will cause distrust and teaches them that their world feels unsafe.

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I’m against because crying it out is being shown to be linked with developing feelings of insecure attachment that can show themselves as dangerous behavior later in life and increase chances of mental illness. I’m a CIO baby and I have anxiety so I want to give my kid the best odds of not having that if he has a genetic predisposition.

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Toddlers cry for no reason and usually stop after their tantrum. Babies cry because they need something. Even if it’s just to be held and for closeness. I would never let my baby cry it out.

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Yes! Once my first was old enough to self sooth I started taking small steps to get him to sleep his own. And sleep through the night. One of those things was allowing him to cry it out. He was sleeping through the night at 9 months and falling asleep on his own since he was 1.  Mama needs her sanity  too! I also plan on doing it with my duaghter once she gets big enough 😁

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I agree with it and I do it for my daughter.

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I started sleep training my baby at five months. Just for naps. I would put her down tired, leave for five mins, if she was still crying I’d go in and pat her back, leave for another five (never had to do it more than twice). She was sleeping through the night in three days and has since. Just tonight (she’s 19 months) I told her it’s night night time and she jumps up and waves to her dad saying “nigh-nigh daddy” and put herself to bed no problem (:

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Aren’t those two different things? Like can’t you teach a baby to self soothe without using the CIO method? I’m not sure so I’m legitimately asking as I never did this with my first.

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My son is 1 and we just started letting him cry it out at bed time. He refuses to go to sleep by himself so we've been having to let him cry it out, even though it breaks our heart to hear..

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My son’s pediatrician said I was good to use the “cry it out” method for sleep at 6 months and so I did. It worked really well for us. But I only used it for sleeping/naps. Now that he’s a toddler it’s used a lot more lol!

Who here agrees with self soothing a.k.a crying it out for a baby?

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