CIO-full extinction

4 - 6 months

How old, and how long did it take for you to ST CIO -Full extinction? What does your life look like now when it’s bedtime ? Do they fuss / cry or just go to sleep

We just finished night 2

Details below

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Full extinction.

Have read pinned posts and PLS

Background information.

4 month old / 18 weeks

Started the 4 month regression 3 weeks ago, with 6-8 wake ups a night, hard to settle, previous feed to sleep association since birth.

Wakes at 530am, bed 700pm

1.5/1.75/1.75/2/2.5 day time naps 3.5 over 4 naps

600pm Boob or EBM bottle finished 30 minutes prior to bath / Bath / PJs / Book, Sleep sack / placed in cot awake at 700pm

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First night TTC (Total time crying) = 52 minutes

At 45 minutes remembered he had fingers he likes to suck on, eventually started to self sooth and cried less until passed out.

One wake up at 1200, went in, quick diaper change and BF in dark, placed back in cot after 11 minutes- Asleep

Slept till 0540am !!!

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Night two- TTC 31 minutes at bedtime at 7 minutes fussing ay 0147am

Started to self sooth from a few minutes in tonight which is great only really cried for half the time

Bedtime 1845pm

First wake up at 1130pm, (which was >5 hours from his last feed at 6pm),

Second wake up was 0147 but wasn’t >3 hours so let him CIO,

Third wake up 315 am, quick feed and back to bed.

Started day 0520

Posted Mar 5, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC

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