Comments on: Crying it out never worked for us

By: SIL Helen

SIL Helen — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:04:00 +0000

Controlled crying worked for Son 2 and for the moment he goes to sleep on his own, whereas son 1, likes to have his story, likes to cuddle up, chat and then fall asleep. I too really enjoy this time with him, at nearly 3 there is going to be a time when he doesn’t want to cuddle mummy, I am not looking forward to that moment in fact I wish son 2 would join us!!

By: Grace

Grace — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:27:00 +0000

I am with you on this one. My son is now 5 and either my husband and I (or both) are there with him at bedtime to help him “shut down the channels in his brain” (my son’s words).

By: Chantalthewriter

Chantalthewriter — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:19:00 +0000

I hear you. My fear is the day I can’t be there bc of work or whatever. We like routine but we break it too. Regularly. Just to make sure we can. Weird, right?

By: Ggrlswearthongs

Ggrlswearthongs — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:00:00 +0000

My daughter always fell asleep on her own and never was a cuddler. My son was a totally different story. As a baby I could never put him down. One time I tried the CIO way and he flipped himself out of his crib before he could even walk and crawled out his bedroom door..He’s 9 now and still likes to make excuses to kick one of us out of our bed so he can sleep with the other.

By: thisistheplace

thisistheplace — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:01:00 +0000

we tried CIO and it didn’t work. HOWEVER, now, some nights, H cries and we may let him or we may not – we, as his parents can judge his whimpers for serious or just attention grabbing. we always talk, we often go upstairs but he knows he’s loved and is a happy as pie little boy.