What happens when babies are left to cry it out?
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Do you have kids yourself?
Just curious.
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>Babies cry for a reason (to get their needs met).
Yep. Including, "I woke up and I don't yet know how to put myself back to sleep," which is where "sleep training" helps. I, too, would be curious as someone else asked, if you have children.
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#6Part of this is that Americans have an obsession with babies sleeping in another room and in another bed.
My family immigrated here and no one ever did that. Children sleep with their parents.
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#7Part of this is that Americans have an obsession with babies sleeping in another room and in another bed. My family immigrated here and no one ever did that. Children sleep with their parents.
What does it matter how a family sleeps as long as it works well for the family?
Edit: And is it an "obsession" or simply a cultural difference?
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#8Co-sleeping has much more of a basis in human history. The challenge is transitioning.
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This is a simplistic potshot.
If you go to your baby every time it cries that could mean a lot of work, so much it ruins your own rest/health/sanity and makes you a worse parent at the times the baby isn’t crying.
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#10Did this with both my kids. The first one, probably not until 8 months old. The second we did earlier, at like 6 months.
Prior to sleep training the first one, I'd have to carry her around and sing to her for almost an hour before she'd go to sleep. It was rough sleep training her. Took less than a week, with the first 2 days being the worst (probably 3+ hours of repeatedly checking in).
Anyway, both kids adapted and turned out fine, and we got a lot of peace of mind and time back.