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06-06-2006 05:52 PM | |
Meghan | I rocked Nicole up until about 10 months, and then when I would try to rock her she'd be screaming and kicking and pinching and hitting, that I knew it wasn't doing much good for me to keep trying to rock her because I was getting frustrated, and I felt that it was better to let her CIO than for me to end up too frustrated with her. The first night it lasted about 15 minutes, after that less and less. It was really hard that first night, broke my heart and made me feel like a terrible mom, I felt like I should have more patience and be able to put up with the hitting and all that... But I knew that I couldn't put up with it, and the doctors had said it's better to let her cry than to get too frustrated. |
06-06-2006 03:31 AM | |
AndreaB | i never had to let logan cio,he never cried that much |
06-06-2006 12:58 AM | |
Tara |
Roxanna, you crack me up, lol. ![]() |
06-05-2006 05:13 PM | |
Jannie | I comforted both my babies. It broke my heart to see them crying. Still does,. |
06-05-2006 12:07 PM | |
marylunn20 |
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06-05-2006 12:01 PM | |
Roxanna |
Yea .. it is working much better now that she is a teen ![]() |
06-05-2006 12:01 PM | |
marylunn20 | i tried to let my boys cio but i couldn't, it couldn't handle listening to them cry |
06-05-2006 11:47 AM | |
tailwaggers |
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06-05-2006 11:36 AM | |
Roxanna |
And you know .. she wasn't a crier. Maybe two times .. but she was very set on her sleeping. She went to sleep at 8pm .. no matter where we were! So .. who knows. I'm still using the CIO method on her! ![]() |
06-05-2006 11:33 AM | |
tailwaggers |
Rox, ![]() |
06-05-2006 11:26 AM | |
Roxanna | Well this is one thing I feel terrible about .. with KR, I listened to "them" and let her cry it out .. but with Chase and kale I just went with my heart. KR is a bitter person ... don't know if it has anything to do with that or not .. but sure couldn't hurt to hold a baby and comfort them .. just let them know you are there. |
06-05-2006 11:23 AM | |
tailwaggers |
I agree with you. Of course, my parents were not at all affectionate, and I am very much a touchy-feely kind of girl. I think it was a conscious choice on my part to become that way (to be unlike my parents) and now it is natural for me. With Emily, I held her a lot and comforted her when she cried. A lot of that stems from the fact that I didn't know if I would ever have another baby, and I knew she would be a baby for only a short time, so I decided to hold her, comfort her, and be affectionate with her. I didn't know if the outcome would be good or if it would result in a spoiled child, but I was willing to take the chance, and I am glad I did. She is very sweet and loving now. |
06-05-2006 11:18 AM | |
Lady Knight |
I did the same with Greg but with the twins sometimes they just had to cry for a few minutes bc I was busy with the other one, I don't really remember them crying anymore than Greg did (none of my boys were big cryers as babies, but I do know that the two younger boys are not and never have been as physically affectionate as Greg was and still is. I think babies that don't get lots of cuddles as new borns grow up to be physically distant (of course this is in no way a scientific fact just my opinion from raising two 'families' 6.5 years apart. ![]() |
06-05-2006 11:12 AM | |
tailwaggers |
I always found that to be true with Emily. ![]() |
06-05-2006 06:27 AM | |
Lady Knight |
Babies not held and soothed cried 50 percent more, study found. At least for the first few weeks anyway |
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