Comments on: 11 Cry It Out Dos and Don’ts (Plus How Your Baby’s Temperament Affects Cry It Out Sleep Training) https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/ Get rid of frustrating baby sleep problems and heartbreaking tears with our baby sleep guides and sleep consultations that let you get the rest you need! Fri, 01 Apr 2022 18:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Danielle https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-144726 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 22:38:03 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-144726 In reply to Gabby.

Hi Gabby,
Thank you for checking out The Baby Sleep Site! I’m sorry to hear you’re having so much trouble with naps. The first thing to do would be to doublecheck that your daytime schedule is age-appropriate, and your baby isn’t over or under-tired going into nap time. We have a sample 9 month-old schedule here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/schedules/9-month-old-baby-schedule/

If your schedule is set, then you can use any sleep coaching technique at naptime to help her learn to fall asleep at naptime independently. We have an article series on sleep coaching here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/sleep-training-from-no-cry-to-cry-series-part-1/

And we also have an e-Book on the topic here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/diy/#bundles

I hope this helps! Good luck 🙂

]]> By: Gabby https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-144359 Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:33:45 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-144359 My 9 month old sleeps well through the night. No crying no fuss. We put her down awake and she puts herself to sleep for the night. She sleeps 11-12 hrs a night. But for naps she is incredibly fussy and hard to soothe. She goes down for a morning nap after several minutes of crying. Then for her afternoon nap she may cry for even longer. What can I do to teach her to soothe herself to nap like she does for bedtime?

]]> By: Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-142228 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 02:20:03 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-142228 In reply to Andie.

Hi @Andie – Thanks for writing, and happy 3rd birthday to your little one! Sorry that his sleep has regressed so much! It sounds like you may have already tried some cry it out/extinction, and said that it did not work out well, so you may want to re-group and come up with a new plan. This article can help you determine what’s going on with his new sleep challenges: https://www.babysleepsite.com/toddlers/toddler-sleep-problem-or-toddler-behavior/
Then you can decide how to proceed with helping re-learn to sleep. Maybe something more gentle to start?:
https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/no-cry-sleep-training-baby-toddler/
Or something in between that would be a good fit for you all? We’d love to help come up with a Plan just for him! Please contact us for more help!

]]> By: Andie https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-141589 Wed, 21 Aug 2019 04:04:09 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-141589 My almost three year old who’s turning three in few days was sleep trained and has been sleeping really well. Then he had a pretty bad 2 yr regression so we sleep trained him again using extinction. He’s been sleeping well since then. I just gave birth to our second son and my three year old started refusing to go to bed and waking up in the middle of the night. I tried to let him cry it out but it doesn’t seem to work. His voice has become so raspy from screaming and crying so much that I’m scared to use extinction again. He wants me to stay in his room until he falls asleep or come into our bed and sleep. I don’t want to do that because I’m afraid it will become a habit. How can I get my three year old to sleep again? Can I do extinction again? Thank you.

]]> By: Janelle Reid https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-116284 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 11:41:33 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-116284 In reply to Ben.

@Ben, thanks for the update! Sounds like you are making progress! I hope it continues. 🙂

]]> By: Ben https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-116026 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:13:21 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-116026 In reply to Janelle Reid.

Thanks, Janelle! Knock on wood (please, for our sakes), the little guy managed to go down after about 45 minutes last night. He was up again at 1:30; I walked over, put his pacifier in and laid him back down. It only made it more angry (so we probably won’t be doing that again), but fortunately he again only took 30 – 45 minutes before going back to sleep, and then was out till 6:30.

So fingers crossed that this was him learning and not being dead tired. We’ll see how night #3 goes…

]]> By: Janelle Reid https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-116024 Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:06:44 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-116024 In reply to Ben.

Hey @Ben, I’m so sorry to hear! It sounds like you didn’t have the best weekend over there. 🙁 Hopefully things were a little better last night. Here is a link to a free guide with tips to get your baby sleeping through the night that you may want to check out: https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-through-night-free-ebook/
If things don’t smooth back out in the next week or so (I’m sure vacation along with sickness and teething is a big contributor to these issues) let us know and we’d be happy to help you from there. Feel free to reach out to us anytime at contact@babysleepsite.com.
Hang in there!

]]> By: Ben https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-115931 Sun, 16 Sep 2018 23:45:13 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-115931 Hi! We’re on night two of CIO with our second boy. He’s about to turn 16 months. Up until a few weeks ago he was good just being put down in the crib after a bottle and getting himself to sleep. He’d wake up between 5 – 6, so less than ideal, but he’d sleep through.

A few weeks ago we hit a bumpy patch of teething, being on vacation, and what I would imagine is a sleep regression. He wouldn’t fall asleep without one of us having a hand on his chest, and he slept with us two nights on vacation. He’s been sick the last week and started amoxicillin Thursday. Confident it wasn’t a pain issue, we started training last night (Saturday).

Poor guy was up, crying from 8ish – 12ish and then was up again at 4:30 and crying until 6:30 (when we got him up). We went in at increasingly longer intervals last night, but they just seemed to piss him off when we turned to leave again. So we’re going without visits now and going forward. But we wanted to see if anyone else has had experience with multi-hour cry sessions. Even though he’s dead tired (he had a 45 minute nap when he first got up and then 2 hours midday), I’m worried he’s going to have another night and just be a complete wreck at daycare tomorrow.

Thanks!

]]> By: Debbye @ The Baby Sleep Site https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-111590 Fri, 25 May 2018 19:57:41 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-111590 In reply to Megan K Pond.

Hi @Megan,
Thank you for writing to us! Sorry to hear that you have been struggling with some inconsistent crying! Finding the right schedule can be challenging, especially for little ones that are not consistent. You are not alone! We would be happy to help! You may want to consider our eBook: Mastering Naps and Schedules. This eBook includes over 45 sample daytime nap and feeding schedules, as well as tons of tips on everything schedule related.
You can read more about this here:
https://www.babysleepsite.com/mastering-naps
Hang in there and good luck!

]]> By: Megan K Pond https://www.babysleepsite.com/sleep-training/cry-it-out-sleep-training-dos-and-donts/comment-page-2/#comment-111549 Fri, 25 May 2018 00:01:39 +0000 http://www.babysleepsite.com/?p=18847#comment-111549 We started cry it out about a month ago for my now 9 month old. He naps from about 9-11 and 1:45-3 and then we put him down for the night around 7 (give or take 30 minutes depending on when his last nap goes until). Sometimes he doesn’t cry, sometime he cries for 5 minutes, but about half the time he cries for 30 minutes. He’s also waking around 4:30-5am, which up until the past week his wakeup time has been 6am. Any ideas for us to try??

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