Recent studies suggest it s typically okay to let your baby cry it out learn when it s permissible to use the cry it out method and when to intervene. When to let your baby cry it out depends on your baby and your comfort with the method.

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A new study adds support to the idea that letting babies cry it out is effective and does not cause stress or lasting emotional problems for babies.

When do you let babies cry it out. You should always use gentle methods to help your baby learn to sleep well during the newborn stage and even at 4 months 6 months you will likely want to go for gentler approaches. Don t night wean at the same time you are using cry it out. Again if it is between three to four months of age it can cry because of hunger or because it is wet.

The baby becomes eligible for a cio method once it reaches five to six months of age. But cry it out cio simply refers to any sleep training approach and there are many that says it s okay to let a baby cry for a specified period of time often a very short period before offering comfort. It is better to avoid cio techniques at this age too and to serve its needs instead.

In the study they did not let babies cry it out and while you are absolutely right that there are no long term studies 12 months in the life of a baby is reasonably long and the babies and their attachment to their parents were fine. By about 5 to 6 months they can sleep through the night without needing to eat making it a good time to try the cio method. Cry is out is not meant to be used when baby is hungry wet very sick in pain etc.

The study found that within three months the 14 babies in the graduated extinction group the ones who were left to cry and the 15 babies in the bedtime fading group the ones who were put to. Babies are generally developmentally ready to be sleep trained at 4 to 6 months. Although crying it out as a sleep training tactic is not recommended for newborns if you re about to start crying hysterically it s ok to put baby down in a safe space for a few minutes to give.

Cry it out does not mean putting your baby into a room closing the door and ignoring baby forever and ever. Cry it out is not replacement for feeding when baby cannot comfortably sleep all night without food.