Parents have been taught to think that
letting your baby cry increases stress levels and is not good for baby.
Not exact matches
Every time a
baby is able to
let us know that she is hungry, bored, or wet without having to
cry, her trust in us is
increased, her learning is enhanced, and our own confidence is reinforced.
DR. MURPHY: The emotional factor that I mentioned, carrying the
baby, meeting the
baby's needs, not
letting the
baby cry, doing the calorie count per day to make sure that the calories per kilo per day are at least at what normal
babies need and we
increase that as we can in order to see if it's really calorically driven.
Millions of parents were told to
let their
babies cry for
increasing periods of time each night for about a week.
Your
baby may need some time to adjust to your new parenting style, so try
letting her
cry for two minutes on her own and then gradually
increase the time.
The only difference is Ferber's method allows you to go in to reassure your
baby at
increasing intervals, while Weissbluth basically advises to
let her
cry it out.
In a nutshell you are basically
increasing the amount of time you will take to respond to your
babies crying when they wake each time they do so and so you will have the peace of mind in knowing your child is ok because you will check on them but you would basically be
letting them know that consistently using
crying to get attention when there is nothing wrong will not lead to the attention they desire and that they should be in the land of Nod.
Most families use some version of the method popularized by Richard Ferber, which involves
letting the
baby cry but returning to comfort her at gradually
increasing intervals.
After weeks of hearing only
cries coming from your
baby, when they
let out that first chuckle, it is mind - blowing and the obsession with your little bundle of joy
increases - just when you thought it couldn't get any higher.
There are also variations on the CIO method that range from
letting your child
cry for as long as it takes from night one of implementation, to
increasing the time intervals that you
let your
baby cry before going in to check on her.