I’m probably jinxing the situation right now, but the CIO method over the past couple of days has worked like a charm. In fact, I’m hesitant to even call it Cry It Out because Button does very little crying. I listen to her to be sure she’s not working herself into hysterics, because that would be counter-productive, but she hasn’t even come close so far.

Once I leave the room, she’ll fuss for a minute or two - pretty half-heartedly. Then she goes to sleep. And she’s been sleeping very well. She still wakes up once in the middle of the night for a bottle, but she’s been waking up later than usual, which is nice. And in the morning, she wakes up happy and rested.

I think it has a lot to do with her age. She’s old enough now to feel secure that we’re going to be there for her, so the prior hysterical panic attacks don’t come. If we had tried this when she was an infant, it would have been a disaster and probably a scarring experience for all three of us.

We’ll see how tonight goes, but I’m very encouraged that we’re doing the right thing.

And in other news, I totally forgot that I put my blog up for rent and let a few offers expire.  Doh.

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