Need to vent! - Page 2

[mum23boyz]

oh I hate it how people say you should and shouldn't do this, and that baby 'should' be doing this at this stage.. all 3 of mine have beeen absolutely different! our littlest has issues weaning from swaddle and we ended up using a sleeper claled peke moe and it was fabulous, but the first two didn't need anything!!
hugs and do what you feel is best! xx

[BRmama]

Wow, thank you everyone for posting! My mom left us to cio sometimes. While I can understand why (she was a single mom at the time) and we never slept in the same room, and most of us were formula fed I do have some problems. Yeah we turned out okay on some level but I remember having nightmares and anxiety issues as a kid and for a long time I was depressed. Also I'm a very introverted shy person by nature so that could also be part of my problems. That's why I'm trying to create a nurturing environment for my son especially during bedtime, and let me tell you I've never seen a baby that smiles as much as mine does. In reality I know my sister wants the best for her children but it's when you (general) start telling other people how to parent like she and they were all doing that gets me. Not even my mainstream friends say anything to provoke me. I suppose it's because they think they're family that they have that right, but that's why we don't see each other that much. I love them to death but this time they just went to far.
Thanks again everyone, I'm glad we have MDC !

[Wicked Bliss]

I do think CIO is horrible.
I also co-sleep with all of my kids. We have two in bed currently.

But I have to say, some of thee responses have me quite .

My mother did not let me CIO, she co-slept with me until I was nearly nine. And I am clingy, co-dependent, and suffer from severe and debilitating anxiety.

[seashells]

Originally Posted by Wicked Bliss

I do think CIO is horrible.
I also co-sleep with all of my kids. We have two in bed currently.

But I have to say, some of thee responses have me quite .

My mother did not let me CIO, she co-slept with me until I was nearly nine. And I am clingy, co-dependent, and suffer from severe and debilitating anxiety.

I'm sorry to hear about that, that's difficult to deal with.

Nobody said that cosleeping is a 100% guarantee against anxiety, etc., though. But rather that CIO can lead to it, so avoiding that would be sensible. There are of course a lot of factors, and of course I couldn't possibly comment on your situation not knowing, but perhaps you had some events in your life other than CIO that reduced your security, or perhaps there are some chemical causes for it.