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Sunday, February 10, 2008

CIO: The Controversy

There is perhaps no greater controversial topic in parenting circles then the manner in which one puts one's baby to sleep at night. Whether they choose CIO (crying it out), Family Bed, or something in between, there are enough arguments on both sides to escalate and defend the debate.

This recent Nightline segment addresses the topic but offers no new insight.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4263379&page=1

My view: since I'm a full-time working mom, I don't get a lot of hours with Lia during the day. Therefore I am HAPPY to make the night-time hours count and get some bonding in. And besides, how could I let a face like this cry alone in the dark???

3 comments:

The Missus Complains said...

this will make you laugh and cry.

http://www.sweet-juniper.com/2005/09/sleep-wars-round-one.html

The Missus Complains said...

http://www.askmoxie.org/sleep/index.html

More great stuff! I will update you when I am getting more ZZZZ's

Brad said...

We tried crying it out with Chloe at 4 months and she cried until she threw up. This happened twice. Sometimes, they're just too young to start sleep training at that age.

We decided to wait until Chloe was a bit older before trying sleep training again.

You should read the Baby Whisperer book. She has a completely different philosophy and it worked well for us.

The bottom line is...there's no right way or wrong way. It's whatever works for YOUR family!