However, we can not get her to nap in her crib with CIO, I have backed her wake time from 1 hour to 45 minutes, to basically eating time at 30 minutes, no change... should
I let her cry longer than 30 minutes.
We have tried everything from changing wake times,
letting him cry longer, plugging with the paci (once... we don't stand there and plug multiple times) and nothing is working.
Not exact matches
She curled up beside me,
letting me hold her close and
cry just a bit
longer, telling her why I was upset and why I was afraid.
Any parent SHOULD know NOT to
let their child
cry for hours!!!! Anyone who has read a book on CIO («Babywise», for example) should remember that there is no reason why a baby should
cry that
long.
(was something like»... is so glad he
let kid
cry himself to sleep so
long ago») cuz if it did, good!
I was always just so tired I thought I'd
let her train «tomorrow»... Well, after several months she would fall asleep and then wake up about 10 - 20 minutes after I put her in her crib, and either
cry for as
long as we'd leave her in there, or stop
crying when we came to get her..
Whatever the age, a good
cry can always go a
long way toward
letting off steam, communicating, and healing.
Maybe the guilt had risen to the surface after
letting her
cry a little
longer than usual, or after losing my temper, or after denying a request to sit down and play.
Let's say, you've already went in a couple of times and next time you go in about 30 mins later, usually it's too
long for them to be
crying, especially if they're sleepy.
Letting your child
cry it out for
longer than 10 minutes.
ATLANTA — Bridget Radatz is 9 now and no
longer recalls the horrible night her mother, Carrie, ignored her frantic wails and just
let her
cry her eyes out.
Biggest mistake at this age:
Letting your child
cry it out for
longer than 10 minutes.
It's OK to
let your baby whimper for a few minutes as she falls asleep, but she is too young to be left for
long bouts of
crying.
How
long do I
let my baby
cry for?
The question always arises, «how
long should you
let a baby
cry?»
Before
letting your baby
cry for too
long, you need to assess why your baby might be
crying in the first place.
Masia - Warner says it's good to
let babies
cry a little as
long as you're giving them lots of positive affection and attention the rest of the time.
What is controversial about it is that some people believe it is harmful to
let a child
cry for
long periods of time and that children may experience attachment issues.
Mirthe is cheerful, early bird, affectionate, sensitive About
crying before sleep Preferably not, but I do Mirthe sometimes there's no avoiding
letting her
cry for a few minutes, but never
longer than 10 minutes and usually only 5.
Then I have
let them
cry for way
longer than a few minutes obviously checking on them.
The Ferber method is just one, where you go in to quietly and quickly comfort the baby at progressively
longer intervals (for example 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, then later on to 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes), which is different from just
letting a baby «
cry themselves to sleep».
I am with you and rarely
let my kids go too
long crying.
If you try the later, make sure you do not
let your baby
cry for too
long!
I have heard that Babywise can lead to poor nutrition in babies b / c it advocates feeding on a rigid schedule and
letting even the tiniest babies
cry for a
long period of time.
As
long as you don't feel strongly opposed to a particular solution — say,
letting your baby
cry for
long periods — it's worth a shot.
As far as defining how
long it's okay to
let a baby
cry, we do not need a definition if we are following our instincts and parenting with the goal of meeting our babies» needs as much as possible.
I began to learn sometimes he
cries to
let off steam and as
long as he isn't screaming out, we give him five to ten minutes before going to check on him.
I knew for sure that I wouldn't
let my baby
cry, and I knew I wanted him to sleep with me, and nurse when he needed to, but I didn't know for sure that he would sleep
longer stretches eventually, and one day sleep through the night without help.
Not in the traditional sense of
letting her
cry it out alone - I check on her frequently, try to help her calm, sing to her, etc and leave the room periodically but not for
long - I mainly just don't pick her back up as I know that can be confusing.
«I always vote against
letting a child
cry to sleep — that can damage the trust between you, especially when you're changing a routine that's gone on for a
long time.
His night wakings have become
long and difficult recently but I still refuse to
let him
cry it out.
However, plenty of comments are made (or certain tones of voice used) that indicate clearly what they think: we brought this on ourselves by not
letting him
cry it out; we didn't try hard /
long enough; we are too «soft» with him; we should have used a crib.
I'm glad we don't
let Elijah
cry it out - he can sleep in bed with us, he can sleep on top of me, he can
cry for me in the middle of the night... as
long as he's safe.
How
long after checking him should we
let him
cry before trying all the comfort things, like rocking, swing, etc.?
Do you think there's a time - limit on how
long we should
let BabyS
cry?
i feel so horrible
letting him
cry for that
long and i know i have started the schedule later and baby wise said to stick it out but i just don't know if that's to
long to
let him
cry.
There's nothing in these schedules to support that, and some babies just sleep
long stretches (mine does, and I never
let her
cry it out).
If he won't fall asleep, try
letting him
cry for progressively
longer intervals of time, starting at five minutes, increasing to ten, and so on.
I would not be able to
let him
cry too
long.
how
long am i supposed to
let him
cry for??
When a woman is told by
lets say their dad or uncle» if you
let them
cry it out they will be better as they grow up» This is just my opinion, Women have the «nurturing instinct» meaning when they are told they should put their baby down and them CIO and they do so their instinct is telling them to go pick the baby up but another influence tells them other wise, now MEN to me have the instinct to teach their youngins to «
cry me river its not so bad youll live» id prefer not
letting my child CIO, I just wanted to see how
long out of curiosity that she would CIO (my dad suggested i try) and she went on for an hour before i said forget this i cant concentrate i have to pick her up cuz it ai nt doin nothing... so i havnt done it since.
We give in at the three hour mark but we really don't know what to do as we haven't read anything on how
long to
let the
crying go for.
Dr. Linton's insight: Disagreements among couples about how to care for their baby — especially about how
long to
let the baby
cry — are very common.
If I had not
let him
cry and figure it out it would probably have taken him much
longer to learn to roll over.
Let her
cry for a full five minutes (it'll seem much
longer).
Although I agree that an infant can become dependent on the breast to fall asleep and yes, once I gently weaned my daughter from night time feeds at around 10 months she did sleep for
longer stretches but it by no means solved all our sleep «issues» — To say that all healthy infants should be able to STTN at 6 months, is an incredibly discouraging thing to say to moms who then start thinking there is something wrong with their child and in the end
let them
cry it out because they read articles like this where it worked for one person.
Sometimes I'd just sit beside him and gently rub his back for as
long as he'd
let me, because anything was better than watching him
cry.
Don't
let anyone tell you that it is normal for a baby if they are
crying for
long periods of time and can not be soothed.
The Ferber method recommends that you
let your child
cry for progressively
longer amounts of time before briefly checking on him.
11/10/2000 Link to post «She
cried almost nonstop, i didn't know what we'd do, as i had the view we'd do the schedule as
long as it worked, but i wasn't going to
let my babies lay and
cry, etc. and it seemed that was her nature!