carolinagirl
What's it 2 U
Last week I tried the method of pick up/put down. That's where you put them down drowsy, let him cry for a certain amount of minutes, pick them up, and as soon as they stop crying, put them right back down. Repeat as much as necessary.
Well that method was a DISASTER. He screamed harder each time I put him back down. After about 5 or 6 times of this, I had to pick him up and rock him. It took 10 minutes for him to stop crying. It was horrible for both of us.
He's 4 months tomorrow which Ferber suggests is the earliest to start CIO. I'm going to talk to his pediatrician about it on Friday, but I know he'll suggest CIO.
I think I'm ready to let him CIO, but not screaming, and that's what he does.
We never let him learn to fall asleep on his own. Horrible mistake.
Ahh, live and learn. All babies are different and I firmly believe some babies are just more needy than others. I have three and each of them were different. Baby one would fall asleep on her own, in her own bed, but by 3 or 4 am she wanted to be in the bed with me. When she could walk on her own, she would get up at that same time and come crawl in the bed with me every night no matter how many times I walked her back to her room. Baby two was a HOLY TERROR. I can't remember a night she slept in her own crib. No matter what I tried, she would not let me put down and she would not sleep on her own. She would scream and scream. It was he!! trying to get a pacifier away from her, too. I remember one Christmas she left it at my uncles. I was determined that this was the time to get her off of it. Well that child cried for 2.5 hours straight. I finally said the he!! with this and went to Target and bought her 4 more!
She is still head-strong to this day. Baby three was a jewel. He went to sleep in his own bed from day one and even on those days I would try hold him, he wouldn't have any part of it. We would lay him down fully awake and he would go to sleep, no crying. When he started talking, he would talk and sing himself to sleep every night. My friends would sit in my living laughing while he went on and on for 30 mins or so entertaining himself. Then all of a sudden it would get quite and he would be sound asleep. And he loved his crib. Even though he is very active and is a climber, he would never climb in and out of his crib. When he turned two I took the side off to make it into a toddler bed and he got mad with me. I had to put it back on. It was like his own little space.So just do what feels right for you and your baby, because regardless of what any doctor or book says, you are the expert when it comes to your children.
Just keep it on "repeat" so it plays very softly, all night long. 
Even at this stage they can manipulate. You can tell that by the intensity of the yelping even though you've checked on him & everything is "fine". Today it's screaming - in a couple of years...oy!