Last week we had a two hour "middle of the night rocking, feeding, holding session". The following night, after an hour of the same thing, including multiple attempts to put her down after a feeding and her waking up every time, I looked at her and said,"I'm outta here!!". I broke down and let her "cry it out". After she cried for 5, 10, then 3 minutes, she slept until 6AM!!
Amazingly, it only took two nights each of only 20 minutes total crying. I am still in complete shock that it worked! I was not trying to night wean her (she is getting up around 2 and 6 to eat each night). I was just trying to get her to sleep in her crib and not my arms. It was one thing for her to nap in my arms all day. It is another for her to want to sleep in my arms all night.
The night time crying it out miraculously transferred to naps. She is now taking all three naps in her crib after only holding/rocking her for a minute or so! This is a life altering change. What a huge relief! No more getting up all night and I have arms again during the day!! Woo Hoo! Way to go Eliza! Hooray Dr. Ferber!!
3 comments:
What a relief for you! CIO really does work and you gotta love the woombie too!
I'm curious what that fancy swaddle blanket is you have her in?? Tylor is so lucky we're getting on a plane soon to turn his body clock upside down again, otherwise he's be getting trained right now too!
way to go mama!
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