My experience with Cry It Out (CIO for those in the know)

You say Cry It Out and with three words you are dividing people into extreme camps.
Either you're a wuss if you don't, or an unspeakable monster. Either you're teaching poor sleep habits or you're giving your baby the finger.

After 9 months of snuggly, hippy dippy cosleeping, I'm giving my baby the finger. We'll, I'm choosing to call it by the euphemism provided by the pediatrician.  I'm teaching him "self soothing" . There, doesn't that bring me back a bit closer to loving parent instead of exhausted automaton? Wait, same coin.

Anyway, the husband and I are taking turns being night warden. He's a lot tougher than I am. I have the milk, though! It's not really fair to smell like the reward and be the one to deny it!

We're into our second week of this. My nights, I'm caving a lot. I let him cry for 10/20 minutes and then I'll shush him standing beside the crib. Or I'll pick him up if he's truly hysterical. It works half the time. The other times, he's back in bed with me, belly up to the open bar.
We're working on it.
He's a tough nut and a cute one.  Could you let this baby CIO?

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