Opinions on the cio method

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What's people's opinions on the cry it out method and experience with it??? Don't know where else to turn!!!

As a last resort, I'd recommend it. But you need to have your child in a solid routine, set bedtime, no night wakings due to hunger, no illness, no acute separation anxiety. Basically, you need to give your child the chance to sleep well without CC first. Also, if a child is highly strung, it's a bad idea imo.
I don't think it's cruel by the way. What's cruel is having a permanently exhausted child. Tired children often behave badly and therefore get told off, or have an exhausted parent snap at them, and that means way more tears and stress than CC (it's just not concentrated into 2 or 3 nights).

Since I brought my lo home from hospital, he always slept upstairs in his crib for every sleep. I didn't want him to get used to sleeping downstairs. When he was very small he would fall asleep having his bottle anyway. When he got older and stopped doing that, we went with the 10 minute rule. We'd put him down awake and leave him for 10 minutes. In that time he may cry or moan for a bit, but he would usually settle himself to sleep within the 10 minutes. If he didn't, we knew there was something else wrong (usually teething). We always had the video monitor on to see him, and never left him any longer than 10 minutes. As a result, he's self settled from birth, and has slept through since he was 3 months old. And he's never needed or had any sort of comforter, or a dummy as I really don't like them. He sucked his thumb occasionally when he was younger, but stopped it on his own.
It's always worked for us. (I know plenty would say I'm wrong, but he's always been fine)

Kel1234 I wish I'd followed your method with both my DSs. It sounds kind but firm and has worked. Would I could rewind 7 months and start again with my current non sleeper!!