MilkMonster
Registered User
yay!! Clowe, it's working for you!!
I have to say my kids took/are taking much longer than 5-7days to CIO!! Glad to hear it actually works in that time span for most other moms.
WRT traveling and time change, when i did CIO the first time I had actually flown from HK to Toronto alone with baby and I would sleep all day literally from 4pm until 4am for the first week. I was sooo tired!! When he would wake up in the night to feed, I just fed him his milk, in the dark, in my bed. Yeah...so we developed some really bad habits.
after we finally adjusted our times, I turned to CIO. I actually talked to my inlaws in advance to see what they thought. My MIL raised 3 boys all 2yrs apart without any help so she was very familiar with the method already. It helped to talk to them beforehand so I wasn't caught in the moment with a crying baby and explanations to my inlaws.
In the mornings, when my son was up at 6am, i would leave my bedroom door open and when one of them would walk by, I would just say something like "oh it's not time to wake up yet" and they would retreat to their room.
I also explained why I need the baby to be independent, and that if the baby got used to being rocked or rescued, that when we went home, I would have to deal with all the bad habits on my own. They understood.
Happy travels!!! Here are some tips for dealing with jet lag!
http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2...ay-travel-8-ways-to-minimize-jet-lag-in-kids/ Mostly for older kids but I think it's still a good approach.
Mushi, i use grobags too. We didn't do the cot bumper thing...no particular reason. I think we didn't have the need to since ours were in grobags from 2mths or so.
I have to say my kids took/are taking much longer than 5-7days to CIO!! Glad to hear it actually works in that time span for most other moms.
WRT traveling and time change, when i did CIO the first time I had actually flown from HK to Toronto alone with baby and I would sleep all day literally from 4pm until 4am for the first week. I was sooo tired!! When he would wake up in the night to feed, I just fed him his milk, in the dark, in my bed. Yeah...so we developed some really bad habits.
after we finally adjusted our times, I turned to CIO. I actually talked to my inlaws in advance to see what they thought. My MIL raised 3 boys all 2yrs apart without any help so she was very familiar with the method already. It helped to talk to them beforehand so I wasn't caught in the moment with a crying baby and explanations to my inlaws.
In the mornings, when my son was up at 6am, i would leave my bedroom door open and when one of them would walk by, I would just say something like "oh it's not time to wake up yet" and they would retreat to their room.
I also explained why I need the baby to be independent, and that if the baby got used to being rocked or rescued, that when we went home, I would have to deal with all the bad habits on my own. They understood.
Happy travels!!! Here are some tips for dealing with jet lag!
http://pokedandprodded.health.com/2...ay-travel-8-ways-to-minimize-jet-lag-in-kids/ Mostly for older kids but I think it's still a good approach.
Mushi, i use grobags too. We didn't do the cot bumper thing...no particular reason. I think we didn't have the need to since ours were in grobags from 2mths or so.