Anyone anti-cry it out?

I was just wondering if anyone out there was against letting their baby cry it out. I just cannot bring myself to do it. It truly breaks my heart. My little guy will be seven months next week and still does not go to sleep in his crib. I have to put him in his swing and give him a bottle, pick him up and put him in his crib, then he is up around 3 to get in bed with me. Anyone else struggling with this?

I'm anti CIO, never did it with my son & don't plan to with my daughter either. I think it's shitty.

Quoting Danielle Sharise:“ I'm anti CIO, never did it with my son & don't plan to with my daughter either. I think it's shitty.”

So what do you do to get them to sleep?

i am very anti-CIO, i am also a AP

my daughter is whimpering in her crib now..
she was screaming but i got her out and rocked her..
i dont let her cry it out for long.. i always go in and hold her and lay her back down till she falls asleep.
she hasnt napped all day and its almost 1030 the poor girl is soo tired!

I don't makemy son cry it out. He falls asleep in my arms, on my boob, or on my lap, then I put him in his crib, where he stays until his next feeding 3 hours later...then he ends up in my bed because I fall asleep while he's eating.... lol He's 8 months.

you could try puttin him to semi awake and stay in there with him letting him see you, comfort him the best you can with out picking him up.
ya can try to do it like 5-10min intrevals of not picking him up then if hes crying hard or actully crying not just whinning pick him up calm him down and do it again.

after a couple days to a week try to do less physical comfort,
just be near him,
after that try steping away from the crib, maybe sitting in a chair near it,

eventually slipping out of the room

Yup, I know your pain. Eventually I had to spend a couple nights basically by her bedside. If she fussed I'd rub her back while she was laying in her crib. If she cried, I picked her up and comforted her. When she calmed down I put her back down and repeated the same steps until she was asleep.
Now, she eats her dinner and I walk into the bedroom with her, rock her for about 10 seconds, kiss her and lay her down and she goes to sleep (of course theres some nights where she'll cry and I'll rock her for another minute or so and then she'll lay down) but overall, this is the method that helped me.

Quoting Am loves her sweet boy!:“ So what do you do to get them to sleep?”

I have a 10 month old and i havenever let him CIO.. i just let him fall asleep on my shoulder every night at 7 after he has his nighttime bottle and i lame him in his crib whike he is still sleeping.. he doesnt wake up till 7 the next morning... we've been doing this since he was 6 months

I used to not let him cry it out but it got rediculous. I love him so much and hearing him cry out for me breaks my heart but it was getting to the point that he would only sleep with me. So when he needed a nap he had to sleep in my arms. I finally just let him cry it out in his crib and I was suprised how well he did. He still sleeps part of the night with me sometimesbut doesn't mind sleeping in his crib anymore.

I don't do CIO with my daughter, never have and she is going to be 9 months.
I get a lot of crap from it from my mom and grandma, ect. But it's just not my thing...
I'm just assuming she will be sleeping in our bed for a long time... until she is ready for a toddler bed.
I don't know what i'm going to do though!  

I'm okay with CIO if needed... but, my daughter isn't old enough for it at the moment. So, I made sure I got her on a bedtime routine. I give her a warm bath, warm bottle. then I rock her with the lights dimmed. We don't play at all at bedtime. When I see she's getting drowsy, I put her in her crib, and give her a pacifier. I stay in the room until she starts fussing. Then I go comfort her, hold her hand, give her the paci back, etc. so she doesn't cry. If she doesn't stop fussing and really starts crying, then I pick her up and start rocking her. It is a long process, lol, but I found it really helps. Now, she falls asleep right after the bottle and I just put her in the crib, no problem, and she's out for the night.

It'll probably be some trial and error to see what works for you two. Good luck!!

Quoting Am loves her sweet boy!:“ I was just wondering if anyone out there was against letting their baby cry it out. I just cannot bring ... [snip!] ... a bottle, pick him up and put him in his crib, then he is up around 3 to get in bed with me. Anyone else struggling with this?”

I just bought a glider so I can start rocking my 11 1/2 month old back to sleep at night. I'll never let her CIO. We've been co-sleeping till now, half co-sleeping for the last month or so, and I've alway though she pritty much slept through the night but I guess not. Shes up every 3-3 1/2 hour through out the night still. I rock and nurse her and lay her back down. That works really well for us.

You could check out the "no cry sleep solution" Its really good.

Quoting Autumn Whisper:“ I don't makemy son cry it out. He falls asleep in my arms, on my boob, or on my lap, then I put him in ... [snip!] ... until his next feeding 3 hours later...then he ends up in my bed because I fall asleep while he's eating.... lol He's 8 months.”

I'm anti-CIO.

and my Morgan was a tiger for Halloween too!

Quoting cherokee ☠ mama:“ I'm anti-CIO. and my Morgan was a tiger for Halloween too! ”

lol Too cute!!!