Lizajane wrote:
>I guess 10 minutes would be ok - if he hasn't calmed himself by then,
>he isn't going to. My husband goes back to work on Tuesday, and I was
>thinking about trying to get Gabriel at least MORE comfortable in his
>crib, maybe putting him there while I shower for instance. Right now,
>I just nursed him and put him in his bassinet on his side literally
>minutes ago, and he is already crying. When I put him there, his arms
>and legs were limp and his breathing regular. I thought he was out
>cold! He is getting better, I think, and we all had a good sleep last
>night. What we did was I slept in another room with him until 4 AM,
>and woke twice to feed, burp, change diaper, etc. and at 4 we went and
>got in bed with dad. That way, Dad got at least 5 hours of solid sleep
>without having to worry about smothering baby. If he needed calming
>after 4 besides nursing then it was Dad's responsibility. I think the
>transition to sleeping alone will take some concentrated work and
>effort on mommy and daddy's part and will not happen immediately.
>
>
Personally, I would not consider leaving a baby to cry it out until he
was well over 6 months
old, unless there was *no* other good option. For example, if I was
throwing up from
stomach flu, I'd put the baby down somewhere, and if he cried, too bad.
I can't
hold him and vomit at the same time. I would not leave a little baby
to cry it out
if simply sleeping with him would stop the crying.
My only crying-it-out experience has been with my son, once he was 9-10
months old.
He had suddenly started this behavior where he'd wake up at night, I'd
nurse him
to sleep, and put him back in his crib. He'd be fine for 15 minutes,
then wake up
and cry again. Finally, I decided to leave him alone for up to 10
minutes - fortunately,
it only took about 5 minutes for him to go back to sleep.
Clisby
Clisby
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