Thank You...& Asking for One More Piece of Advice!

It's normal for them to cry periodically. At 10 months, he might actually sleep longer if you put him to bed earlier. My twins went to bed a 6 at that age and slept until 7 or 8 in the morning, with one, sometimes two feedings. FYI, my oldest was never made to CIO and was a terrible sleeper, hence my reasons for letting #2 cry. Anyway, he's the only one of my kids who is ever afraid to go to bed or comes to us in the night or tells us he's lonely in his bed. It breaks my heart to hear them cry, and if you think it's bad with one, you should try it with two, but the benefits are so many that I wont even hesitate when the 10 week old sleeping in my arms is old enough and ready.

We did this with our little girl! Started at 3, 5 & 7 minutes, and by the time she got to 7-10 the first night she was out! Babies need to learn to soothe themselves....there is nothing wrong w/what you are doing!! It will take a few weeks for your child to get the hint that nobody is coming at first!! My daughter would go down about 8-9 and would sleep about 9 hours...she just recenlty started sleeping more and she is 17 months....we started this whole thing at 3 months, and it has worked pretty well...I say that..she woke up last night for the first time in 6 months...isolated incident...lol...I think anywhere from 9-12 hours is what they call "normal"....good luck! I know it breaks your heart to hear your little one cry...it did mine too, but it's not like you are neglecting the "hurt" cry...you are just trying to get them on healthy sleep schedule....it's ok!!

I did sleep training with my 1st at 10 months and my 2nd when he was 5 months. I was a holdout with the 1st baby. Live and learn, that's why I was ready by the time my 2nd baby was 5 months. My 2nd baby is now 10 months old and he still cries sometimes when I put him down and/or in the night. I think it's normal for them to do that. In my experience the sleep training is kind of ongoing.

My baby is now sleeping from about 6:30/7:00p.m. to 7:00ish a.m. Sometimes he'll wake up around 4 or 5a.m. and I'll nurse him back to sleep. He was finishing the morning off with me in bed after that nursing, until that quit working. He wanted to play. So, I found that if I nursed him and put him right back in his crib, he wouldn't cry at all and sleep for another couple of hours.

Good luck to you!

My boys are now 3 and almost 7. Both of them still wake up from time to time, or have trouble going to sleep occasionally. I think it all depends on what happened that day, if they are going through a growth spurt, etc. What I try to do is talk to them and let them know they are safe and everything is alright. Maybe rub their back to help sooth them. I would not however pick him. Try to stay consistent with that or he may cry until you pick him up even at normal bed time. They understand cause and effect a lot earlier than we give them credit for. The exception to picking him up being the 5 am times when you bring him to bed with you of corse. I do the same thing from time to time, but I do my best to keep it to a minimum. Like only when they aren't feeling well or are having a really bad night and I know it is the only way either of us will get some sleep. You don't want to make it a habit is all.
My boys go to bed at 7:30 or as close to it as I can. My oldest goes to school of corse, but even before school they had an early bed time. I think 10 to 12 hours is what the doctors recommend. I also need that extra time to get the house straightened up and ready for the night. I also like the extra time it gives for them to really fall asleep. Meaning if they do get up or call for me a bit after they go down, I would rather it interrupt my TV show or my cleaning, not my sleep or something else adults do at night. lol

So let me conclude by saying it sound like you are doing a great job. You are not a bad parent for letting him cry. He needs to learn to comfort himself a bit. If not you will be rocking him to sleep when he is in college! You know his different cries and would know if something was really wrong. Keep up the good work and don't let the opinions of others get you down!