CIO on The View

[limabean]

Today on the View Sherry was talking about how Barbara encouraged her to try CIO with her 3yo son, Jeffrey, who has been getting into bed with her frequently. So Sherry said that she tried it last night starting at around 8:00, and her son finally gave up at 5:30 THIS MORNING!!! She also said she hopes it only takes a couple more nights of this before he gets it.

[Getz]

That show is a doozy sometimes. Poor baby. Sometimes I wonder about some of those hosts...

[Debstmomy]

I heard it, it was lame. I just wish Sherry would follow her intuition. Poor Jeffery. He is only 3 & was a micro preemie, so I am sure he is way less than 3 adjusted.

edit: I just remember one gal, don't remember which, suggest to Barbara to go to Sherry's house tonight & deal with the nighttime parenting, since she was the one to suggest the CIO routine. I thought that was an awesome idea!

[N8'sMom]

Gawdddd....I hate The View:

[TheBluebird]

Babs is old. She knows not what we do these days....

[mamatoablessing]

Alas, another reason I don't watch the show. Gross.

[Ornery]

Poor, poor baby......

[1xmom]

Oh that's terrible. Personally, I would feel so bad, I would be too embarrassed to tell anyone I did that to my child.

[Jannah6]

Now that's just a shame:. What's the big deal with letting her DS sleep with her??? Did she ever think that he might feel comforted and secure being in bed with mom, especially since it's just the two of them.

[Limabean1975]

I can't even imagine trying that with 3 yo! My 3yo is capable of ALOT of destruction.
Crying for THAT long. That's insane. The child must have felt ill for days after.

[Thandiwe]

Until 5:30 this morning?!?! Is she insane?? Obviously after an hour of this she should have realized it wasn't working. Isn't that the definition of insanity, doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results??

Poor, poor baby. Stupid, stupid advice.

[NewDirections]

That is so, so sad

I read a article in People about Sherry last year. She was living in L.A. when she got her spot on the view. She moved to NY without Jeffery, and lived there for a significant amount of time without him because she thought it would be "easier on him" He was two years old at the time When I read it I thought it was weird to leave your baby behind when moving to a new city. However considering he CIO for 9 hours, it makes more sense now :

[Susana]

I saw it, too. I was turning the tv off after watching a dvd.
UGH. Pathetic. Who on Earth would look to Barbara Walters for parenting advice? Poor kid.
It was the blond conservative girl who always gets chewed out who suggested Babs goes over and helps with the CIO idea. I laughed out loud. Good one!!

[PassionateWriter]

like i dont have enough to do today, but i had to say something: http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/ask

[Thandiwe]

Originally Posted by TatianaTiger

I read a article in People about Sherry last year. She was living in L.A. when she got her spot on the view. She moved to NY without Jeffery, and lived there for a significant amount of time without him because she thought it would be "easier on him" He was two years old at the time

Perhaps this is part of the reason WHY he is now co-sleeping...perhaps he is terrified mommy will once again leave for a long time. Once again, poor baby. How in the world can you get so out of tune with your child?

[lovingmommyhood]

I wrote also.

[clutterbug]

Saw this and I felt like crying when she said how long he cried for. I get that some people prefer not to cosleep, but if your kid cries for 9 hours, isn't that a good sign that they NEED to be close to you? The attitude of The View hosts was that he was pushing Sherry's buttons on purpose and she needs to show him who's boss. Maybe that's the case when your child is throwing food on the floor or some other little misbehaviour, but crying for 9 hours...that has got to be beyond any 3 year old's attention span for "manipulating" his mother!! Sigh.

[les7699]

This is heartbreaking. I am at work so only had a minute but wanted to make sure I wrote them an email also.

Really Sherri? You let your 3 year old son cry all night long? What exactly is wrong with you? I don't personally believe in crying it out but if you are going to do it, do it right. There are plenty of books on the subject. He cries for 5 minutes, go in and comfort him. Then when he begins to cry again, wait 10 minutes and go in. And continue with longer intervals. The fact that you allowed him to go all night absolutely amazes me but then you have the nerve to go on national tv and admit this? I believe that is neglect and CPS should be involved.

[KJoslyn78]

i wrote

Sherry, i can not believe that you would allow Jeffery to cry for 9 hours over night. How terrified he must have been. How exhausted. I can't imagine how what you did wouldn't be considered neglect. He only needed his mother's comfort.

[Jenifer76]

I wrote too. Basically said it doesn't surprise me that Barbara would suggest it. I told Sherry to cuddle with her three-year-old son because before she knew it he'd be an adult writing tell it all books about her.