Sleep Issues with Small Ones

[Thirteen]

http://www.askmoxie.org/2006/06/babies_and_cio.html

I was recommended to look at this article, and it's pretty interesting. Anyone have any thoughts?

[spotty_dog]

Yep, I really appreciated that article when my first was small, not least because it helped me to understand why even though *my* baby absolutely needed loving arms to drift into sleep and would only become hysterical if left alone even for a few minutes, there really do exist babies for whom a quick fuss at bedtime is a blessing.

[alison]

CIO worked for us, and yes, I'd send my dd out on a two-wheeler from the get-go. She's getting a Laufrad and a helmet!

[v-girl]

My girls were the babies that end up puking if left to cry. With the second, we decided to change to co-sleeping while nursing, then to a playpen in our room, then to a toddler bed at 18 months. I refused to clean puke and change the crib sheet more than twice in one night. After 2-3 tries, we gave up. I don't like vomit.

I remember reading that when J was tiny. Alison probably recommended it to me, I don't remember. Anyway, if you can understand that babies are not all the same before Bean arrives, you're doing better than most of us!

[SuzySunshine]

My kids were like night and day - A would cry for a few minutes and then be out. If R cried when you put him down, forget it, he wasn't going to go to sleep.

[alison]

Dd vomitted the first two nights we did CIO. I know you all are cringing! It was awful and I felt terrible about it.

I honestly don't like cuddling with my daughter when it's bedtime. There, I said it! I need my personal space. Sometimes I'll let dd into bed with me in the morning, but she'd rather play with things on the nightstand than snuggle.

Maybe #2 will be different. I'm thankful for having an independent sleeper, because the feeding is enough of a battle.

[ladymoreta]

I definitely have the escalating type. I think that is less common, or at least people don't talk about them as much. Most of my friends with kids did CIO, but it just didn't seem worth the risks for me. But then, I think most of them probably have the other type.

[HouseofWool]

And I had one of each. Caleb was a fusser (he still is come to think of it) and Sophie? Cripes, she still doesn't sleep through the night all the time for me. CIO just doesn't work for her at all.