Did you use the crying out method for sleep training?

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I’m seeing some negative things how it can effect your child and leave them with trauma. (Studies and etc). Someone I followed posted a lot of info on her story today and now I’m worried. I’ve tried to do it but always ended up comforting my little one. Anyone know any more info on this? Please share.

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More like modified cry it out. And we don’t come right away. So if my baby starts fussing I don’t immediately run into his room. Sometimes he fusses for 90 seconds and falls back asleep. He’s teaching himself how to soothe himself. But if he wakes up SCREAMING or gets more upset after 90 seconds then I go in.

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Nope. It causes psychological damage and teaches your child that no one will come when they need comfort. They are alone. That’s not a lesson I’m going to teach. I want my daughter to come to me whether she’s 3 or 30.

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Nope, tried it one day and it did not feel good for me or my baby, so I tossed that method in the trash and nursed my baby boy to bed absolutely guilt free until one day he stopped falling asleep nursing. Then I would nurse rock and put him down asleep. Eventually we worked it out, he falls asleep independently at almost 2.5 years old and he sleeps through the night. I have zero regrets about how we handled sleep.

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We did to an extent. We didn’t just leave him all night crying, but babies and kids need to learn to self soothe. Pretty sure my now four year old doesn’t have any lingering trama.

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No, I didn’t. But I wish I did a modified version sort of. Our pedi said if we were to do it, do before 15 months to avoid trauma from the research she’s read (she’s not advocating for it). And we didn’t inquire until 18 months. My son takes forever to go to sleep now at 2, and never took 2 naps. Just 1

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I used the day 1 of the Ferber method until my son was trained. And I did go and pat his back or lay him back down if necessary. Gave him his comfort items. He was trained by day 4 with day 2 being the hardest at 20 minutes.

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Yes ish.   I modified it pretty greatly.  I would let them fuss but no more than 5 min at a time and I wouldn't let them cry above a fuss no screaming and hysteria.     I wanted them to learn to settle themselves but to know if they cried I was absolutely coming asap.

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I did a modified version (Taking Cara Babies ABCs of sleep) and it worked really well for us. Life changing. My LO was 6 months at the time, and at that point still woke up early (like 5am) pretty much everyday. But gradually she slept a little longer and now at 15 months she sleeps until 6:30-7am most days.

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I said NO as my daughter slept all through the night from day 1. She was easy to settle after her last feed every night, due to it being double the amount she had last feed at night and first feed in the morning!

Did you use the crying out method for sleep training?

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