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Mine recommends the CIO/Ferber method to solve my child sleep issues. Do most feel that this is the most efficient way to deal with sleep issues Or are others more sympathetic? What does yours recommend?
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She suggested it, but did not “advocate” it.
She presented it as an option, and I told her flat out no.
Sorry, but if you do the research, you’ll realize that no doctor should advocate letting an innocent baby cry themselves to sleep.
My son wakes up every hour in the night, and I STILL would never resort to CIO.
Try the book “No Cry Sleep Solution” by elizabeth pantley.
Has done wonders for me, and everyone I know.
Letting a baby CIO doesn’t solve your baby’s sleep issues, it works to solve a PARENT’s sleep issues.
And isn’t having a baby all about putting your baby’s needs first?
Babies cry because it is the ONLY way they can communicate.
They don’t do it to manipulate.
They do it because they need you!
Even if they’re fed, or changed. They emotionally might need to be picked up or cuddled! And that’s OK!
That’s not “spoiling” a baby, that’s called being a good parent.
CIO goes against your maternal instincts.
It just teaches babies distrust and detachment.
ETA: To the person who said “I have more experience than Elizabeth Pantley”
Oh do you?
So you’ve conducted a thorough sleep study of over 100 mothers, trying different gentle methods of night-time sleep solutions?
I’m sure your pediatrician has as well?
-eyeroll-
Pediatricians exist to treat and evaluate your child’s health.
They do not study “parenting.”
And you should not turn to them for ‘parenting” advice.
Instead, consult them for the HEALTH ramifications of these methods.
Here is some info that might help…Ferber and CIO are different.
The “Cry It Out” (CIO) approach can be traced back to the book “The Care and Feeding of Children” written by Dr. Emmett Holt in 1895.[1] CIO is any sleep-training method which allows a baby to cry for a specified period of time before the parent will offer comfort. “Ferberization” is one such approach. Though it has come to be synonymous with CIO, Ferber does not advocate simply leaving a baby to cry. Other parenting book writers, however, view any version of CIO as unnatural, unnecessary and potentially damaging to a baby[2].
[edit] Ferberization summarized
Dr. Richard Ferber discusses and outlines a wide range of practices to teach an infant to sleep. The term Ferberization is now popularly used to refer to the following techniques:
Take steps to prepare the baby to sleep. This includes night-time rituals and day-time activities.
At bedtime, leave the child in bed and leave the room.
Return at progressively increasing intervals to comfort the baby (without picking him up). For example, on the first night, some scenarios call for returning first after three minutes, then after five minutes, and thereafter each ten minutes, until the baby is asleep.
Each subsequent night, return at intervals longer than the night before. For example, the second night may call for returning first after five minutes, then after ten minutes, and thereafter each twelve minutes, until the baby is asleep.
The technique is targeted at infants as young as 4 months of age, but preferably at least 6 months. A few babies are capable of sleeping through the night at 3 months, with training, and most are capable of sleeping through the night at 18 months. Before 8 months of age, the baby may still need to feed during the night and it is probable that the baby will require a night feeding before three months.
I do believe in this method since it lets the child know u are there but it is time to sleep and thats the rule. Even the Nanny uses this method.
Unless your child has a true sleep disturbance, a ped. should not be giving advice about sleep issues. They are trained in diagnosising illnesses and developmental issues, they are not trained in parenting. Here in Canada, peds aren’t even used as primary care doctors for children—they are specialists. I never ever talked to my family doc. about sleep problems because they don’t learn that at medical school.
I highly recommend Elizabeth Panthley’s “The No Cry Sleep Solution” book. It’s much more humane than leaving a child abandoned and afraid.
Yes MOST of them do recommend it. Many mothers who have stuck with it will tell you that it does work. Logically it does make sense that it works. Baby falls asleep on their own and is therefore able to settle on their own when they wake midway through their nap or through the night. Something I found more effective was the patting technique. This is where you stay with your baby while they are crying and pat their bottom or stroke their face, whatever calms them. When they stop crying you stop this and give them a chance to fall asleep on their own. A baby needs to fall asleep in the same conditions they will find when they wake up. This means if you pat them off to sleep when they wake up during their nap they look for that comfort again and cry instead of resettling.
It seems some people have forgotten, or just don’t realise that babies DO cry because they are tired.
Mine did and i laughed at her and said do you have children she said no i said okay until you have a baby then you can recommend it to me but im not doing either i think its absolutely ridiculous because obviously there is a reason why they are crying and im sorry im not taking part in having my baby upset even more than what he was no thanks i think its a joke i tried it one time and could not do it but if others want to then they can go right ahead and my son is 8 months old and started waking at night a month ago when he started teething and i change him give him a bottle if needed and put him back to bed i think that ferber and CIO is pure laziness meaning you don’t want to take the time to comfort your baby back to sleep!!!
I have two pediatricians, one is my good friend and one is a family doctor. My friend definitely is all for it, and insists that it is becoming popular and that scientists say it’s the best way to solve sleep problems.
The other doctor is strongly against it, lol, so I’m kind of stuck in the middle. Luckily my daughter is 7 months and has yet to encounter that kind of sleep issue.
Mine doesn’t…. and if she did, I’d be looking for a new pediatrician ASAP!
Mine leans more towards the “attachment parenting”, which is just a fancy name for what comes naturally to me… basic common sense and loving/nurturing your children. Check it out, and PLEASE don’t do the CIO method!http://www.attachmentparenting.org/princ…
NO…on our first visit to our children’s new pediatrician she handed us a pamphlet that went into issues with the Ferber/CIO method and why it is harmful. I KNEW at that moment- I was going to like her a lot- and do.
If this is a method that your pediatrician recommends, please change doctors. It is very unhealthy for your relationship with your baby as well as your baby’s health and well being. You can google: problems with Cry it out….
or google
Ferber method concerns…
And read a ton of info on why this is detrimental to babies.
Mine has never said either way. You do what works for you and your family. It’s easy for someone to tell you something, but you are the one that has to deal with it at home. If you want to let them cry for 2 minutes then pick them up, go for it. If you don’t want them to cry at all, go for it. I can’t let a little one cry it out. Not to say that I don’t let my 2 year old cry for a little bit before I go in there, but I couldn’t let a baby cry for more then 2 or 3 minutes.
Just do what feels right for you. Good luck!
Mine did, and actually told me it was fine if she cried for an hour and a half. I didn’t follow it. I got a little bit more strict with the running in and picking her up at every whimper, but I was not letting my daughter cry, for any length of time. I love my pedi, but I don’t always agree with him.
Mine doesn’t.
He actually made sure I understood that it’s impossible to spoil a baby, and that he needs to know I’ll be there for him when he needs me.
Mine has never recommended CIO for my daughters sleep issues.
ours does, and it worked like a charm. Not extended crying, the Ferber method is crying in short stints.
I’m curious to find out – I visit for the first time on Thurs! I have my own opiniond already though after 4 months!
thatr’s not solving your child’s sleep issues, that’s soliving YOUR sleep issues. a baby who is waking has no issues. I have never been to a ped that recommended it. When my son’s Pediatrician was discussing sleep habits with me when he was about 3 months old i told her that he was still waking frequently. All she said was, he will grow out of it eventually. and she also explained that her 18 month old still woke up some night not at all and some nights frequently.
some older peds may recommend it but new studies suggest that it leads to things like adhd, add and certain behavioral problems and chemical embalances. Crying releases cortisol in the brain and too much can effect brain growth and development so science does not say it’s good and never did
my son was only left to cry twice neither times on purpose
once he was about 5 months old and we were drivinng in the middle of nowhere and it was dark outside. i was afraid to stop out of fear that something would happen to us, my phone dind’t even get reception. another time was about 2 months ago ( he was 24 months) and i guess the monitor got unplugged. for some reason i quickly came out of a deep sleepy and hear a faint noise. i ran to my son’s bedroom and he was sobbing at the door. i have no idea how long he was there, it could have been 2 minutes or 20. i felt HORRIBLE. i scooped him up and brought him to sleep with mommy and daddy right away
Sleeping isn’t something that needs to be taught, it’s something known by birth. my son still NEEDED to nurse at night because he was thin and it helped him gain weight well. his doctor recommened that. allowing him NOT to cry won’t cause any problem but allowing to cry might and i won’t take that risk
Letting a child cry make them lose energy and burn calorie which amke them need even more sleep. it also increases the risk for SIDS