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Cry it out (CIO): Is it harmful or helpful?

August 11, 2008




About a month ago, I wrote a post outlining the scientific and emotional reasons why we have chosen not to use the Cry It Out (CIO) method with our children. In brief, the ten reasons are: CIO can cause harmful changes to babies’ brains CIO can result in decreased intellectual, emotional and social development CIO can [...]

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Cry it out (CIO): 10 reasons why it is not for us

July 5, 2008




Intuitively and instinctively, the cry it out (CIO) method (also known as sleep training or ferberizing or controlled crying) of getting a baby to sleep is not something I ever felt comfortable with. And as I did research on infant sleep, I learned about what normal infant sleep is and I also learned more about the [...]

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