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Baby Bedtime Mistakes to Avoid
Most babies are ready to sleep through the night by 3 to 4 months -- if their parents let them. Learn how these common mom-and-dad errors can turn your baby into a poor sleeper.
Mistake #1: Being a Slave to Your Baby Monitor
If your baby cries when you put her down at night and you rush in to comfort her each time, she'll never learn to soothe herself to sleep. (Of course, if your child is sick or in distress, you need to help her.) Turn down the monitor so that you don't hear every whine and whimper; when she really cries, wait it out for 5 minutes before you go in to check on her. Tomorrow night, extend the check-in interval to 10 minutes, and so on. Eventually, she'll learn to settle herself.
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I wonder how many of you know the difference between crying and screaming? A crying baby may or may not need immediate attention, a screaming baby does. I think pretty much EVERY mom using CIO knows the difference and your judgmental attitudes and unfounded comment that CIO causes brain damage without any supporting evidence to say... a medical journal and not just some lactician's opinion is just insulting.
4/11/2012 12:32:54 PM Report AbuseI assume we're talking about babies that are past the newborn stage right? Because everything else I've been told and have read is that you should respond to your baby's cries as soon as possible so they learn to feel confident that you'll be there to attend to their needs. Now this says to give them 5 or 10 minutes of crying before going to see them, but maybe it means older babies?
10/26/2011 12:31:27 PM Report AbuseCONT...No one (grandma's, aunts, friends) wants to take on a child who won't sleep in their own space. After the birth of each child, my husband will say, "well, there's ANOTHER 5 more years before we can have that weekend getaway". Still, I wouldn't have changed a thing. :)
8/19/2011 08:47:37 AM Report AbuseCONT...After thinking about it a bit more, I have to be fair and give the one "con" to co-sleeping. My husband and I have talked about a weekend getaway for just the 2 of us oh for about 5 years now, but that's not gonna happen (not anytime soon anyway).
8/19/2011 08:47:10 AM Report AbuseCONT...I've never been able to listen to my babies cry without trying to intervene. All of my children are happy and healthy...except the 13 year old who thinks she is a prima donna :), and they all co-slept. I think we have to be one of the few nations who advocate early separation, and I'm totally against it. Anyway, just my 3 cents.
8/19/2011 08:16:42 AM Report Abuse