Why do they fight sleep? Successful cio/modified cio stories wanted.

Why is it that my son fights taking naps/sleep all day long? Even when rocking him, he fights it. He WILL NOT go in his crib, roll over and go to sleep on his own.

I hate to try CIO, but it's getting to the point where it's unbearable after 6 months. Did anybody try CIO/modified cio with a baby who hates napping/sleep and have a success story? I would love to hear them.

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I had problems with my son only being able to fall asleep while BFing and as soon as I laid him down he would wake up - I had the most horrible time getting him to sleep! I really didn't want to let him CIO, but I had no choice if I ever wanted to sleep. I let him BF just until he was almost asleep, I laid him down told him I loved him, put some classical music on and left, he cried (and I cried) for about 10 minutes (felt like an hour), he eventually fell asleep, the next night he cried for less and the 3rd night he just went to sleep. I don't know if the CIO works with every child, but it did with my son. His sleeping habits after that and even now are EXCELLENT! When we say it's bedtime, we read a book, put on his classical music and he goes to bed, he doesn't cry, he doesn't get up and he sleeps through the night, he is 4 now and has always had good sleep habits - even for nap time. Have you tried to put music on for him to fall asleep to?

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Well, he has Baby Tad which plays music.... we turn that on, as well as the ocean wonders toy. Maybe real music would soothe him? It kills me to let him cry, he gets that sob/can't catch my breathe cry. I just let him cry for maybe 5 minutes.... and then gave in and picked him up... but I know in order for him to have better sleep habits, I have to do something. Even in the middle of the night he wakes frequently and needs a pacifier.... did your son fight naps as well?

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my son is almost 5 months and we are still not able to get him to fall asleep by just laying him the crib. i think 5/6 months is the age where you need to "train" them with the sleep habits and thats what we are trying to do with the same routine each night so he knows when its time for bed.

Id like to hear other peoples stories as well.

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Wow, I'm sorry that you have been having such a difficult time with your son.
I haven't had no problems putting my daughter to sleep, but what I do is that everyday I put her to bed at the same time.
I put her on the crib and I read a book to her, I kiss her goodnight and I turn the light off. I stay next to the crib and if she starts crying than I rub her belly or when she's really having a difficult time I pick her up and rock her, than I put her back down.
She sleeps through the night and she wakes up but then I put the pacifier back in her mouth and falls back asleep. I'm also going to be buying her a better mattress since she is a little bit older because I think she is uncorfomtable.
I hope this helps you out a little.
At the beginning, she would cry a little and I would pick her up and back down again. they get used to it, be patient.

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8/10 nights angela (7 monts) goes down with no problem. We do exactly the same thing every night. Bath, lotion, pajama's, then I sit in the chair in her room with her across my lap on the boppy and she gets her bottle. About half the time she falls asleep at the end of the bottle, and does not wake up when I put her in the crib. Other times she goes in the crib awake, I turn on her glow worm thing and aquarium and walk out, and she just babbles for a while and falls alseep. Every once in a while, she cries and cries, and I go in after 10 minutes and rub her belly and go back out. After a few times of that, she falls alseep. Rarely, she just will not go down, and then I just keep her up for an hour or so, and then she'll go down. When I give her that last bottle, the room is totally dark and the classical music is on. I definitely think that's a good signal that she knows it's bedtime. We also don't believe in night lights, her room is kept darkduring the night.

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I am so bad. I rock Anthony to sleep almost every night. I know thats bad but he screams and screams if I just put him down. We live in a house apt and I dont want my landlord to hear him screaming. I do the same thing every night bath, pjs, bottle, story and then I rock him and he is usualy out in 5 minutes. He will then sleep pretty much threw the night. I really have to try the CIO method. I just feel bad!