What is the cry out method?
What is the cry out method? Cry it out, also known as the extinction method, is a sleep training technique that involves putting your baby in her crib fully awake and allowing her to fuss or cry until she falls asleep — without help from you. That means you won't feed to sleep, rock to sleep or use any other crutch to get your baby to drift off.
Can you do cry it out in the middle of the night?
Here are the most common iterations of CIO: Cry it out. This is a form of extinction sleep training which involves simply letting your child cry at bedtime or during night wakings without any help or check-ins from you.