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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have used Suzy's methods with both our kids whoe are very different personality wise and have had no issues.  [b]I think most who object to her methods do not really understand how it works and only look at the night training part where babies supposedly CIO.[/b]  This is not a method for everyone but it worked for both my kids with almost no crying.  I believe that happened because of the day training you do first, when you more or less get them on a schedule.  I will say it's easier to do with formula or pumped milk (i did a combination of both).  No you are not overfeeding your kid as a pp insinuated.  Once they ate regularly during the day (every 3 hours at first and then up to 4 hours when they are older), on their own they started only walking up twice a night and usually around the same time.  Gradually reducing the quantity of a feeding until that feeding is gone was done almost effortlessly.   The whole point is that you are working with the baby and following their cues.  [/quote]

I'm one of the early PPs who objected and this is not true, for me at least.  I have no objection to CIO--I did Weissbuth exctinction CIO at 14 weeks to help my DS learn to self soothe at bedtime!  (BUT I still fed him if he woke up later in the night hungry!)

What I object to in this method is the strict scheduled feeds of only every 4 hours, 4 times a day.  That might work okay for some formula fed babies, but for breastfed babies it's just a disaster and a recipe for a Failure to Thrive diagnosis.  It's just not enough food, AND doesn't help the mother keep and build a supply at all, leading to even LESS food.  As other posters have pointed out, breastmilk is digested faster and DESIGNED to be taken in smaller quantities more frequently.

Sure, some people have had success (probably luck) with this method.  But the dangerous failure rate--too many babies diagnosed Failure to Thrive due to the feeding schedule--is what should scare people away from this method.  I don't believe that any of the other CIO methods (Ferber, WEissbluth) have led to high rares of FTT if any, because they don't restrict feeding.

And for what it's worth, a lot of the other PPs are also probably right that babies naturally start to sleep longer around 12 weeks, so why risk it?  Mine started sleeping 8-10 hours around 11-12 weeks, before any sleep training, which was plenty for me.  (We only started sleep training to help him learn to FALL asleep on his own, and not have to be rocked for 1-2 hours by one of us.)[/quote]

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