After that first time he cried for what seemed like forever, I would go in 5 minutes, then 6, then 10, then 15. He cried for almost 2 hours on and off. As soon as I would pick him up he would snuggle into me and start sleeping so I KNEW he was exhausted. After that crying fit he went to sleep and slept from 9:40pm until 4:50am! That shocked me...he is over 10 months old and has never slept for more then 3 hours except when he was sick. What was even crazier is he went back to sleep until 8:00 and I actually woke up before him : )
Each day since he has cried for less and less time and he no longer has huge bags under his eyes. When he is awake he cries much less and is so much happier. He is a happy baby and I am a happy mommy. I still cry when he is crying but it's for much less time. Last night he only cried for 13 minutes before falling asleep!
His nap time has been a little harder, I think because despite the curtains light still gets into the room and makes it harder for him to sleep. However even that is getting better and we got down to 25 min of crying for today's nap, which is so excited!
Here is a picture of his after he fell asleep. It's not the best but I didn't want the flash to go off and wake him up.
As much as I hate CIO, I love that it has given me back my happy, playful baby boy <3
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