How did cc/cio work with you?

[NoelsMum]

Did it work quickly, did it take 2 weeks?

Did you do it for your initial sleep routine or just wake ups?

After it working the first time did you have to do it again, was it easier the second time?

Just looking for others experiences, no judgment, not so much is written about Cio on bh and I'd love to hear some about some positive experiances.

Xx

[mini-moo's mummy]

It's worked well here.

DD is a pretty good sleeper, but has had periods of deciding to fight me over bed time. The max she generally cries is 10 mins and she is out cold, it's not distressed cry it's frustration. I find if I go into her she gets distressed so for us it's better to let her go and she sorts herself out.

We have never run to her as soon as she has started to make noise so I guess she has learnt from that

[Daydream Believer]

It worked wonderfully for ds, he always just whinged a little and went to sleep. He would also have periods of fighting sleep, where he would cry a little more, but if he was starting to sound upset I would go pat him and sing, and he usually fell asleep in seconds. I loved when he would fall asleep while I was there. I just hated sitting with him for hours, which is why we tried it in the first place. He would fall asleep, and then get up and cry when we left his cot.

And then there's DD. We've tried it a few times, it worked the first and second time, and then she vomited the 3rd time, and even though it sounds CRAZY cos she is only 10 months old, I swear to god she has learnt that vomitting gets her up, and a 'free pass' of kinds, and now she goes 'scream, cough, gag, cough, scream' til she chucks. So we no longer try that with her, and instea I now have to hold her from 7pm at night, then take her to bed with me and I NEED a new way, so will be watching your thread :)

[TurnedBatty]

Ds1- I didn't use it till he was 13 months. Took one day at tresillian and he was sleeping in his own bed. Oh the relief!!!

Ds2- I decided not to go with Tredillians in and out method, as I liked tizzie halls way of once you go in then you stay in. It took maybe all of three days? There have been slip ups, my fault as I would get up too quickly etc in the middle of the night, so he has only just started sleeping through. But other than that, high five!

While this next baby, I don't know what it will be like, I will be hopefully doing tizzie again. That's how happy I am with it!

[lupa]

My sleep doc has a website & book:
http://www.silentnights.org/

[rachy82]

I did it with all 3.I would do the leave them cry for a minute of continuous crying go in re-settle then do it all over again.With my first it took 3 days for her to only cry for about 10 seconds before she settled down.Had to go through it again everytime she had a growth spurt but it would only take 1 day.My 2nd it took me 1 day to get him into a great sleep routine with CC.And with my 3rd it took about a week.Im pregnant with my 4th and i will definetly be doing it again.

[Anyanka]

I think its BS from the perspective DD doesn't self settle even when I employ the techniques from sleep school. I can be in there for hours trying to get her to sleep. It ends up with major screaming sometimes. I have no idea what Im doing wrong. The singing patting, gentle rocking does not work. It frustrating. I have no mobiles over the cot, I have no toys nothing to stimulate her so what so hard in going to sleep????

Anyanka

[Preshy2008]

I hired a private sleep nurse and she showed me a method with no crying for more than 2 mins at a time.. It took three days for us.. Changed mine and Ds's life..Good luck, only do what's comfortable for you..

[Preshy2008]

Did it work quickly, did it take 2 weeks?

Did you do it for your initial sleep routine or just wake ups?

After it working the first time did you have to do it again, was it easier the second time?

Just looking for others experiences, no judgment, not so much is written about Cio on bh and I'd love to hear some about some positive experiances.

Xx

Sorry I didn't answer your questions..

I did it for every sleep and any wake ups.. Unless he was sick.

I haven't had to try again, but if I ever have to with DS or the next baby, I will try and use the same techniques or hire the nurse again.. Without hesitation..

HTH.

[MrsTiggyWinkle]

i did it with dd1 starting at 3m (dd2 didn't need it) but i would go in when the cry reached a certain pitch - i would rate the cry 1-10 and go in when it got to maybe 4 or 5. It took a day or two for it to work. We sometimes had to go back to it if we slipped back into bad habits. But it worked really well for us. We never let her get distressed - if she was not responding to the in/out then we would usually discover something else was up (hungry, too warm, poo coming etc). And if she just didn't go to sleep, then she probably was not tired (though i often persisted esp when she was about to drop a day sleep).

dd2 was much easier, she just got tired and went to sleep *yawn* :rolleyes: With dd1 I was often like this :hair::banghead2: