I know there's controversy about co-sleeping, but to me, it feels a lot more «natural»
then letting my baby cry it out.
Not exact matches
If
letting your
baby cry - it -
out does not feel right
then don't do it!
Then it's time to find someone else to calm your
baby or for you to
let the
baby cry it
out.
If you are the type of parent that
lets your newborn
baby «
cry it
out»
then you are not handling your
baby properly.
meeting a
baby's need to be fed becuase it is hungry or comforting it when it is distressed is fine in my book... but when a two year old pitches a fit at nap or bed time and
crys till mommy or daddy come to check on them,
then settles down but refuses to fall asleep, followed by wailing as soon as the parent leaves the room... now that calls for some «
letting them
cry it
out».
Then I found books and websites that warned against
letting baby «
cry it
out,» in any form.
In this method, you are going to
let your
baby «
cry it
out,» but only for a few minutes,
then you go check on the
baby.
Following this line of thought leads right to many well - meaning parents
letting their infants «
cry it
out» under the instruction of well - meaning doctors and so - called
baby experts as well as hundreds of articles and books telling a parent that if they do not «teach» their children to have «healthy» sleep patterns
then their children never will, and it will because the parent (s) did not stick with the short term emotional consequences of
crying it
out.
If
letting your
baby cry it
out (to a certain extent) works for you and you don't notice negative outcomes
then great for you!
The basic idea of
letting your
baby cry it
out sounds simple enough: instead of getting up to soothe your fussy
baby in the night, you
let the little one
cry a bit and
then fall asleep again without help.
Since
then, I've had people suggest I should
let my
babies cry it
out, have stricter punishment for my children and many more unwanted «pearls of wisdom.»
Let me put it simply, if you have a
baby who is
crying for hours on end for days at a time,
then you need to check
out Jen Lester's Survivor's Guide to Colic.