CRY IT OUT METHOD HELP, please

SO I have a 6 month old beautiful daughter. We've got the OK from our peditrician to try the Cry it out method, but it's been tricky. She was sick for a while, so she got used to sleeping with us on the couch. We tried the crib after that, and she doesn't like that. We tried what we thought was the cry it out method, but we picked her up which I know is a no no.
We tried it last night for a true first time, and after 2 hours she finally went to sleep. My question is what to do during the day? She is obviously tired, but just keeps crying. I know not to pick her up at every cry, but I try to soothe her and give her the pacifier. Help..

Was she crying for the 2 hours straight? That seems like a long time...

What is your goal?
She is 6 months old and is crying for a reason, not just to bug you.

you could try putting something in there that smells like you. 2 hours is way too long.

You let your 6 month old cry for 2 hrs???? When all your LO wanted was comfort because they rely on you for that stuff?

I would never let my 6 month old CIO let alone my 17 month old, especially not for 2 hours. That's just torture. If you want her to sleep in her own crib there are so many other ways to do it.

Jesus Christ, 2 hours straight??

I thought you were supposed to go in a pat/reassure after 5 minutes, then 10 minutes, then 15 minutes, etc ...

<blockquote><b>Quoting nutmeg.:</b>" What is your goal? She is 6 months old and is crying for a reason, not just to bug you."</blockquote>




 
Yeah I'm usually for CIO to a point but 2 hours is way too long for a 6 months old to be crying. I didn't start CIO till ds was 8 months and even them if he cried for more than 30 mins i would go chevk on him and comfort him.

OP you don't have to give in and bring her in your bed but you should go to her and make sure she isn't hungry or doesn't just need some affection. Then out her back in her crib. If you don't bring her into the room with you she will eventually see that and fall asleep.

Quoting saageex3:" I would never let my 6 month old CIO let alone my 17 month old, especially not for 2 hours. That's just torture. If you want her to sleep in her own crib there are so many other ways to do it."

hell my 4 year old doesn't even cry for 10 minutes without me going and making sure he is really okay.

If you want to pick her up pick her up. No parenting plan is going to magically work. You do what works for you which can be a little different from whatever method you're trying to use. I would use CIO as a guideline and change it where I think it needed to be different to suit my child. I don't CIO but if I did that's how I would do it.

It was my husband that did it last night (I fell asleep I was so exhausted; not on purpose..), so I don't know 100%. I know that there were some breaks. He said she would cry/scream, then break for a minute or several, then go again.

I would like her to go to sleep in her crib without crying for so long, and without depending on us to soothe her to sleep.

With CIO, they shouldn't cry more than 15-20 minutes without you going into console them. 2 hours is an extremely long period of time.

Babies "should" go to sleep with CIO after 10-15 minutes IF all of their needs have been met. But that's only should. Not all babies do well with it.

Poor baby, I don't think that's old enough but your pedi gave you the ok... Idk I don't think crying it out is the best method.

My personal opinion is that 6 months is still too young to let them cry it out. She's crying for a reason even if it's just that she wants to be comforted by her mommy. They're only little once. And two hours of crying is way too long. She'll sleep better knowing that she has the security of her mommy as she's falling asleep. She has plenty of time to grow up and go to bed on her own. Why not take the extra few minutes to snuggle her up before you put her to bed?

As far as CIO goes, you're supposed to go in there every 5 minutes to start with and sooth her and give her the pacifier back and then gradually take longer and longer to respond to her crying until she just calms herself down.

Why are you using this method?? Do you think it's to your baby's benefit to cry herself to sleep? Do you think that you are teaching her anything other than mommy only comes when I cry SOMETIMES??

Sorry, but I'm gonna offend you and tell you what you are doing is wrong. Pediatricians do not alqays know best.