Comments on: Cry It Out or Co-sleep? http://blogs.babiesonline.com/parenting/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/ News & Information about parenting, pregnancy, and Babies Online's services Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:40:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: isis http://blogs.babiesonline.com/parenting/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-10315 isis Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:37:38 +0000 http://blogs.babiesonline.com/2008/03/29/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/#comment-10315 I guess I do a hybrid... my baby boy falls asleep in my arms usually nurses to sleep, I place him in his crib. He usually sleeps on his own for 2-3 hours. when he starts to stir, daddy or I will pick him up and bring him back to bed where he spends the rest of the night with us. I never had a problem with either of my older girls sleeping alone following this method. As they start to sleep through the night, they just slept in the crib. I guess I do a hybrid… my baby boy falls asleep in my arms usually nurses to sleep, I place him in his crib. He usually sleeps on his own for 2-3 hours. when he starts to stir, daddy or I will pick him up and bring him back to bed where he spends the rest of the night with us. I never had a problem with either of my older girls sleeping alone following this method. As they start to sleep through the night, they just slept in the crib.

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]]> By: MrsH http://blogs.babiesonline.com/parenting/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-4653 MrsH Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:00:35 +0000 http://blogs.babiesonline.com/2008/03/29/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/#comment-4653 I really like your pseudonym leaving haha. I am having to revisit this sleep issue again because we are now in a new environment and crib has yet to arrive. I've had to let her sleep with me and she is getting very clingy. Sigh. I really like your pseudonym leaving haha. I am having to revisit this sleep issue again because we are now in a new environment and crib has yet to arrive. I’ve had to let her sleep with me and she is getting very clingy. Sigh.

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]]> By: Leavinglascrunchy http://blogs.babiesonline.com/parenting/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-4622 Leavinglascrunchy Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:24:33 +0000 http://blogs.babiesonline.com/2008/03/29/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/#comment-4622 I couldn't agree with you more. I have coslept with all of my kids but have been rethinking things. My husband and I have already talked about this, with our next child, if we should be blessed with another, we plan to do things differently. I plan to use a similar approach to you. I cosleep but I also use cry it out during nap times. I started doing this out of shear desperation. My daughter would get over tired and the only way to get her to go to sleep would be to put her in a quiet room and let her be. Now I never let her cry more than five minutes but usually that was all it took and she would be asleep. I don't think cry it out is the most horrible thing on the planet as long as you wait till your baby is a little older and you only let her cry for five minutes or less. I also enjoy cosleeping but what nobody tells you about is how hard it is to get the kids out of your bed once they get used to sleeping with you. I think if I had started letting my kids sleep by themselves in a crib, at least some of the time, when they were babies it would have been so much easier transitioning them out of my bed. I couldn’t agree with you more. I have coslept with all of my kids but have been rethinking things. My husband and I have already talked about this, with our next child, if we should be blessed with another, we plan to do things differently. I plan to use a similar approach to you. I cosleep but I also use cry it out during nap times. I started doing this out of shear desperation. My daughter would get over tired and the only way to get her to go to sleep would be to put her in a quiet room and let her be. Now I never let her cry more than five minutes but usually that was all it took and she would be asleep. I don’t think cry it out is the most horrible thing on the planet as long as you wait till your baby is a little older and you only let her cry for five minutes or less.

I also enjoy cosleeping but what nobody tells you about is how hard it is to get the kids out of your bed once they get used to sleeping with you. I think if I had started letting my kids sleep by themselves in a crib, at least some of the time, when they were babies it would have been so much easier transitioning them out of my bed.

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]]> By: Science-mom http://blogs.babiesonline.com/parenting/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-3323 Science-mom Sat, 29 Mar 2008 19:26:19 +0000 http://blogs.babiesonline.com/2008/03/29/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/#comment-3323 I think we have to find our own way and work out what`s best for kids and parents. We never co-slept but we never let our babies cry it out either. Co-sleeping with our twins was out of the question. At the beginning they were too small (premies) that my husband was scared he`d roll over them. Then they were bigger and there was not much room in our bed. So they got their own bedroom and separate cribs from the start. However, one of us is always at their side at the first peep from the babyphone. Most of the time it was me but my husband did his share, too. Sometimes I`d spend the night in the babies` room when they are restless or ill so my husband can have his 7 full hours uninterrupted. At least one of us is fit the next day and can take over.I thank my lucky stars that our twins slept through at 4 months. As our pediatrician (a lady) told me: "there must be a God caring for mothers out there. Some of the most-easy going babies I know are multiples." I think we have to find our own way and work out what`s best for kids and parents. We never co-slept but we never let our babies cry it out either. Co-sleeping with our twins was out of the question. At the beginning they were too small (premies) that my husband was scared he`d roll over them. Then they were bigger and there was not much room in our bed. So they got their own bedroom and separate cribs from the start. However, one of us is always at their side at the first peep from the babyphone. Most of the time it was me but my husband did his share, too. Sometimes I`d spend the night in the babies` room when they are restless or ill so my husband can have his 7 full hours uninterrupted. At least one of us is fit the next day and can take over.I thank my lucky stars that our twins slept through at 4 months. As our pediatrician (a lady) told me: “there must be a God caring for mothers out there. Some of the most-easy going babies I know are multiples.”

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]]> By: Amybee http://blogs.babiesonline.com/parenting/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-3319 Amybee Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:19:59 +0000 http://blogs.babiesonline.com/2008/03/29/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/#comment-3319 I agree with doing what your gut tells you and do not agree with the Ferber method (yet do see how, out of desparation, parents would try it). I do have a different experience with my older kids, though-they have gone through stages into the elementary school years, in which they come into our bed at night. I think my 8 year old finally stopped doing this, on and off, last year. Now that no one disturbs us in the middle of the night, it's almost time to start over with a baby on the way!...Yawn...I'm hoping for positive results from Elizabeth Pantley's popular book: "The No Cry Sleep Solution"-you might want to check it out! I agree with doing what your gut tells you and do not agree with the Ferber method (yet do see how, out of desparation, parents would try it). I do have a different experience with my older kids, though-they have gone through stages into the elementary school years, in which they come into our bed at night. I think my 8 year old finally stopped doing this, on and off, last year. Now that no one disturbs us in the middle of the night, it’s almost time to start over with a baby on the way!…Yawn…I’m hoping for positive results from Elizabeth Pantley’s popular book: “The No Cry Sleep Solution”-you might want to check it out!

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]]> By: Melissa Haynie http://blogs.babiesonline.com/parenting/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/comment-page-1/#comment-3317 Melissa Haynie Sat, 29 Mar 2008 18:05:56 +0000 http://blogs.babiesonline.com/2008/03/29/cry-it-out-or-co-sleep/#comment-3317 I completely agree with you. My husband and I also do a strange hybrid version of attachment parenting with our 5 month old. Although I will admit that she spends most of her time co-sleeping with us. She also nurses at least twice a night and so having her in bed with us makes it super easy. I am awake when I nurse her but relaxed and still in bed. She slips right back to sleep and I do too. It works perfectly for us. We just pop her into her crib when we want a little mommy and daddy time to cuddle. I completely agree with you. My husband and I also do a strange hybrid version of attachment parenting with our 5 month old. Although I will admit that she spends most of her time co-sleeping with us. She also nurses at least twice a night and so having her in bed with us makes it super easy. I am awake when I nurse her but relaxed and still in bed. She slips right back to sleep and I do too. It works perfectly for us. We just pop her into her crib when we want a little mommy and daddy time to cuddle.

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