How long should I let my 6 month old cry it out before I pick him up?
ByI really don’t want to spoil my child. He has been crying for about two hours now, and it’s really starting to tick me off. How much longer till I should go in there and see what is wrong? I’m trying to teach him to self sooth.
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10 Comments
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:13 pm
2 hours?!? i do hope this is a joke.
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:55 pm
I hope this is a joke, if your baby hasn’t self-soothed in 10-15 minutes he’s not going to, pick up your child! you should never leave a child that age crying longer than 5 minutes!
edit: I heavily researched the cio method, you can start from 6 months onwards, but you should not leave the child unsoothed and unchecked for more than 5 minutes, when you are just starting, after a few days you can increase it to 10 minutes.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
Oh man, you are going to get slammed for this question.
I let my youngest cry it out when he was 4 1/2 months. But he never cried more than 20 minutes. And even now, he is 12 months, I never let him go more than 30 minutes. I know that if he cries more than that, there is something he needs before he will go to sleep. Usually it’s something simple, like he dropped his little elmo blanket, or he needs another kiss. But then after that he will go right to sleep.
Obviously after 2 hours, there may be something wrong. I would say you may have to try again tomorrow with getting him to self soothe. It is important not to give in though, because then they will just figure they have to cry longer before you come in.
So either, after 2 hours there is something wrong keeping him awake, or you have tried this before and gave in?
AND when I say not to give in, I mean after like just 10 minutes. Most babies can fall asleep on their own if you give them a chance. And I have to say it is absolutely ridiculous to say a 6 month old cant cry for more than 5 minutes…
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm
im suprise that u kept ur sanity that long. but yah 2hours is wAYYYYYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyyyyyYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too long.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:49 pm
2 hours? wow. that’s way too long, 15 mins at the most for now.
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:18 pm
I always get frustrated when people used to tell me to let my child cry it out.. especially that young. They would say that the child is trying to manipulate you. What a loud of crock. A child that young needs the parent to go to them and sooth them.. if they haven’t composed themselves after 10-15 pick them up hold them, sing to them, keep them in their crib and massage back or something. It is good for their physiological development for their parent to soothe them. Baby could be scared, needing more attention, feeling uncomfortable, teething.. and some things can’t be self soothed..I have never left my child past 20-30 minutes, one because it hurt me to think my child needing me and me not tending to her and plus crying is annoying especially when it is not subsiding. . I may get thumbs down for my answer from the self soothing parents out there but w/e it worked for me, my toddler can self soothe herself fine now.
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Wait until your TV program goes off, or until the next commercial break
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Troll
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:56 pm
If he’s been crying for 2 hours then you really need to check & see if he’s sick or anything. Letting baby cry out doesn’t work for some babies. Please pick him up & soothe him before you ruin his temper… He needs you…
February 3rd, 2010 at 5:44 pm
BITCH. this is why the have CPS. You should even HAVE a baby. what are you? fourteen? this isn’t a mechanical baby who will run it’s batteries down the longer you let it sit there. when a baby cries it wants something. end of story. I don’t know what possessed you to become a mother in the first place but do your baby a favor and take some parenting classes.