Would you consider this "Crying it out"?

Hey guys,

My gorgeous girl has started to follow the "Feed, Play, Sleep" pattern of her own accord over the past few days. I'm much more in tune to her sleepy signs (rather than feeding her to sleep which is what we had been doing- I do offer her boobie just to make sure she isn't hungry before she goes over to sleep but she has been refusing) and I wrap her then put her in her pram/cot (depending on which nap and where we are etc).

My concern is that she is a bit grizzly initially when I put her down (cries for like, 15-30 seconds) but she settles herself really quickly once she realises that she can go to sleep.
Would you consider this "crying it out"? I am totally freaked by the thought of letting a baby cry and refuse to do it. The thing is, she is grizzly in my arms anyway and doesn't actually fall asleep that way - she'll only sleep when you put her down.

Does that make any sense?
Cheers
Sue xxx

Sounds ok to me. You are not leaving her inconsolable wanting her mum & hoping she falls asleep. You've watched her signs & found that she prefers to be down to sleep.
Grizzling for less than a minute because she's tired won't hurt IMO, if she settles better than she does in your arms.
You are still there with her ready to comfort her if needed.

Yeah, i should have mentioned that actually, I am right there, talking to her and touching her - either rubbing her head (which she LOVES - hehe, her dad loves a head massage and looks like little one does too) or patting her, or pushing her pram back and forward. She is under no circumstances alone in a room or anything and if she grizzles longer than the 30 seconds I pick her up and cuddle her for a few seconds and put her back down again.

Thanks
Sue xx

It sounds like your doing a fine job to me :)

goodness me no!
:hug:

Nah I wouldn't call it crying it out. You know if she is crying or not, and you say she isn't so... she's not crying it out then hey. But don't get caught up in the name of it all darl, what matters is that it feels right to you.

Nup, I don't think she's CIO at all hun!!

You're doing great :-)

It doesn't sound like CIO at all. Dont worry to much about labels and whether you're doing x,y or z. Just do what feels right for you.

Doesn't sound like crying it out to me. Sounds like you're doing a fabulous job settling her and comforting her :hug:

Thanks guys, good to know that you all think that it's ok.
Sue xxxx

That's exactly what my kids did and it's definitely not CIO :) Some kids grizzle and some don't, it's all good!

It's just the little protest they give when they are tired but still want to play with mum!