Cio - Infant Care (up to 18 months old) Message Board

feb06baby · 03-21-2006, 12:02 PM

My DD is 6 weeks old. Every once in a while she will get very fussy even though all her needs are meet. It's obvious that she is just tired and is fighting sleep. When she is like this I just rock and comfort her until she cries herself to sleep in my arms. I would like to try CIO when she is like this to see if she can put herself to sleep. My question is that I was just wondering if she is to young to try it? She has never been left to cry for more than 5 minutes because it breaks my heart, so I don't even know if I can do CIO. If she is too young at what age would it be appropriate? Thanks to all!

friday13 · 03-21-2006, 01:02 PM

I feel so silly - what is CIO?

I was just reading that you could try to pat your child on the back and talk to them and see if that settles them back to sleep - .. what I try to do is put her down (at 7 weeks) when she is HALF sleeping... in and out.. and if she cries I mean freaks out - big time then I try to pat her but that usually never works... so I pick her up and within 5 min. she is usually out totally... sleeping - and I put her in the bassinet.

I hope she will get better - I am just glad she goes to sleep fast after I pick her up and comfort her - and I dont have to be awake for hours after trying to put her down.

Friday

dizzygirl · 03-21-2006, 02:28 PM

Friday- CIO means " cry it out"

Ladies.....please, please! I am not a believer in CIO EVER although some people are........but to answer your question, 6 weeks is way to young to let her cry. Enjoy every precious minute of their baby-hood, it goes too fast! They are not manipulative at that age, just hold them, rock them, nurse them( if your nursing) do whatever it takes to get them to sleep. Have you tried a swing?

Gayle0000 · 03-21-2006, 04:31 PM

We do CIO. I definitely think 6 weeks is too early. I started right at 4 months old. She is 6 1/2 months old now and sleeps on her own without a problem. Has been consistently sleeping on her own since 2 weeks after we started letting her cry.

In hindsight, I think CIO would have been effective at maybe 3 months...probably 3 1/2 months would have been better. 4 months was good. Don't think I would wait longer than 4 months if you plan to use a CIO technique. It would still work, of course...I think the longer you wait...it just gets a little harder. At 3 & 4 months, babies are supposed to be sleeping really well (a deeper sleep) according to our Ped. So, that's why 3-4 months is the perfect time to start.

5 1/2-6 months is when they start to not sleep so soundly due to dreaming (again...that's according to our Ped). I can honestly say it would be HARD to start CIO on our baby now. I think she'd have nothing to do with it if I started this late.

feb06baby · 03-21-2006, 08:15 PM

I had a feeling she was to young to try it, but just wanted to make sure. Thanks for all the imput ladies!