My DS rarely goes down without crying these days, he used to settle himself without a peep but lately i have a fight on my hands for some reason. Ive never left him to CIO....as such....i allow him to grizzal and cry (not hystericaly) for 5mins before i go to him, if he starts to cry properly i go in straight away and if hes grizzly for more than 5mins i go in - ive read somewhere that you should allow this time for babies to settle themselves anyway - do you think its ok to do this? Sometimes he will settle himself in this time, plus i dont want him to learn ill come running everytime but im not sure if this is classed as CIO and if i should just go to him straight away? I didnt used to do this but when he started 'playing up' i thought - im not gonna go running to him as soon as he makes a noise - any advice?