{"id":4247,"date":"2021-05-31T10:23:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T07:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog?p=4247"},"modified":"2021-06-09T12:30:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T09:30:33","slug":"does-cry-it-out-cio-cause-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/does-cry-it-out-cio-cause-damage","title":{"rendered":"Does Cry it Out (CIO) Cause Damage?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cry it out method, or CIO for short, is a widely debated subject amongst parents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are not familiar with the cry it out method, it a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whattoexpect.com\/first-year\/crying-it-out.aspx#:~:text=Cry%20it%20out%2C%20also%20known,asleep%20%E2%80%94%20without%20help%20from%20you.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sleep training technique<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where a sleepy baby is put to bed, with all their needs met (full stomach, diaper changed etc.) after which the parents leave the room so they put themselves to sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A gentler variation of this the cry it out method, is when the parents come to baby\u2019s room in periodic intervals to assure them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIO is not recommended before the baby has turned 6 months old, because before 6 months babies have not learned how to soothe themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cry it out method <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whattoexpect.com\/first-year\/crying-it-out.aspx#:~:text=Cry%20it%20out%2C%20also%20known,asleep%20%E2%80%94%20without%20help%20from%20you.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">does not cause long term damage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in terms of emotional, behavioral and psychological development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are pros and cons to the cry it out method, which is why every family views it differently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a parent who is considering sleep training their baby using the cry it out method, you should know that is has worked for many families and resulted with their babies sleeping soundly through the night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also depends on the baby and how they old they are, as some babies tend to get worked up with this method, while other babies settle down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many variations of the cry it out method, that involve more frequent periodic checks so the infant doesn\u2019t get too worked up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Such methods can work for you and your family too.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The cry it out method, or CIO for short, is a widely debated subject amongst parents. If you&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4247"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4566,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4247\/revisions\/4566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4247"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=4247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}