tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981190845737099626.post3436867720122503483..comments2023-03-28T03:36:33.881-06:00Comments on you drive mommy to write: comfortable child, happy mommymelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18329405231703247384noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2981190845737099626.post-15133087876586666542009-03-06T07:45:00.000-07:002009-03-06T07:45:00.000-07:00I realize you don't know me (I'm one of Spleeness'...I realize you don't know me (I'm one of Spleeness' friends) but it's interesting for me to read this perspective. I LOVED Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. I don't recall the details on what parts I liked, but I do know it helped us a lot.<BR/><BR/>Yes, I'm a mother who has had to let her daughter cry it out, but I do it out of sheer desperation. I tried everything else. If my daughter woke in the middle of the night, I would try to calm her down, but without fail she would only get more pissed off and be ready to play. Her night time wakings were not relaxing for anyone. They would turn into hours-long battles to get her to sleep again.<BR/><BR/>So, yes I turned to CIO. I don't go to an extreme. My limit is 15 minutes. If she's not calm in 15 minutes, then I go in to try something else. Almost always, she's done crying in 10 minutes. And even the crying at all did not last long. She now sleeps through the night and if she wakes up to cry for more than a minute or two, I go in. <BR/><BR/>I guess I'm saying it's interesting to hear you say all this about the book that helped me so much. I don't think the book is saying to not ever try to soothe the child, but I think that's a common misconception of CIO. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your experience!Nifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00901344976753532483noreply@blogger.com