Did you Ped recommend CIO to you?

MommyToAshley wrote: I am just curious how many Peds recommended CIO. Mine suggested it at 6 months and said not to let her cry longer than 30 minutes without calming her down. Then, she recommended it again at 9 months and said the max to let her cry was 2 hours. But, I took it only as a suggestion and followed my own heart.

supermom replied: But then again, I never really asked him about sleeping because all of my older ones did it fairly good, and by the time Anders was old enough to worry, he was co-sleeping and that was not a problem for us, so.....

And, I did try it myself with my DD #1 (Leah) for like, 2 minutes - I just couldn't handle it and never did it again......and then within 2 weeks on her own she began sleeping thru the night (at about 13 months, if I remember correctly)

~CrazieMama~ replied: I said no. My daughter slept pretty good from the beginning. Sorry.

victoire2002 replied: Well, we tried for a few nights, but it wasn't good for us. No one seemed to be happy, so Aidan now sleeps in his own bed, on the floor of his room. I sleep half the night with him, and sometimes my DH sleeps with him on occasion. DH slept with him for two glorious weeks so we could break him of the nightime nursing habit, and I slept so well!!!!!!!!! Two whole weeks of uninterrupted sleep did me a world of good, and now we are all happy.

catou_98 replied: I voted NO, camille also has been a good sleeper since the day she was born, already 5 hours streches from 2:00 am till 7:00 am the first night, we do however have some bad night where she won't go to sleep because her gums hurts too much but once she is asleep it's for 12 hours straight at night!....sorry all! didn't mean to brag if it sounded like it!

MommyToAshley replied:
I am sooo jealous. I had a lot of sleepless nights.

But, now that Ashley sleeps through the night, I miss her getting up. Isn't that silly!

MomToMany replied: I've always followed my own heart, and I've never let my kids CIO. I guess the DR.'s up here are different. They've all said the same thing-babies will sleep through the night when they're ready, and there's no need to force them. And they all started at different ages, too. But Hannah has FINALLY started sleeping through the night at 14 months old, so that's a relief!

dolfinrse replied: Our ped recommended it the other day when we went for Zachary's check up. He said that at 14 lbs, he should be able to sleep through the night. DH and I decided not to try it though. Zachary is only 10 weeks old, I do not expect him to sleep through the night. The ped told us he should be in his own room already too. To me that is ridiculous, right now is when he needs to know we are there. He still sleeps in his pack & play in our room. He won't sleep in his bassinet in our room because he can't see out to see what is going on.

Mommieto2Girls replied: I voted no, Madison has slept through the night when they say they do. When she was born she slept 4 hours at a time, and then that increased over time, now she sleep through the night regulary, usually about 9 hours. Although the last 3 nights she won't go to sleep, I have been bringing her in my bed and she goes right to sleep then I put her in her crib, but last night we slept on the recliner cause she kept screaming but I think maybe a tooth is coming in, hopefully.

booey2 replied: You mean they actually sleep thru the night under the age of 3.5yrs. Matthew (now 5) sleeps thru the night, but Thomas 19 months, now thats another story. Our doctor never suggested it because I never ask or complained about them getting up. All I know is that if I let them cry more than 10-15mins the start to cough, then gag, then vomit . So we never even tried CIO. Thomas still gets up thru the night, unless he has been very active during the day then he will sleep right thru.

Kaitlin'smom replied: nope did not say anything about it. The only time she really CIO is for nap and thats usually only about 1-2 mintues, and caues she is tired

mckayleesmom replied: Mckaylee started sleeping throught the night about 4 days after we brought her home,,scared the @#$% out of me the first time she did it,,,my doctor has never reccomended CIO method, but Ive never had to complain about her sleep habits,,,,Usually about every 3 weeks for a couple days she will get up at night a couple times. I think she is having growth spurts then. Last night was a little hard to get her to bed and when i did she woke up while I was in the bath,,she had to cry it out then, but only for about 10 minutes and when I got out she was asleep.

Schnoogly replied: Nope ours just said "some babies need to be held more. Yours just needs to be held." I asked about it because I was testing her to see what kind of advice she would give (and also to see if she would agree with my parenting style, not that it matters but...)

MomofTay&Sam replied: I did not vote because I have never discussed sleep issue's with my Ped. I am not sure what she would say.

MommyToAshley replied: I am surprised that your Peds did not bring up sleep. My Ped has a discussion checklist every visit and sleep is on there. Plus, I can ask any questions I want to discuss.