Self soothing?

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How do you feel about leaving your baby to cry for half an hour or more compared to going and talking playing with the baby. I know moms say to let them cry to soothe themselves but I don’t know

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Half an hour is WAY too long for me personally.

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More than 30 minutes....? 
That’s just neglect. 
Correct me if I’m wrong, but aren’t you suppose to wait no longer than 15 minutes, even with the cry it out method...?

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I don’t ever let my kids cry more than a couple minutes and that’s only if I’m in the middle of something I can’t stop.

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A young baby does not understand why you wouldn’t come to help them. All that does is teach your baby that you can’t be trusted to help when they need you. If my little guy is just fussy/whiny, then I will leave him for a few minutes. Probably no more than 10 or so though. If he is full-on crying, then I will go over more quickly.

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When we were sleep training our son we did the cry it out method. He was six months old and was able to self sooth. It was absolutely horrible. I felt like the worlds worst mother. I caved the first two nights but the third I didn’t. I called my best friend who is also a mom and she just talked to me. Reassured me I wasn’t a bad mom and that if it was to the point where he wasn’t even trying to sleep to go get him. It took 45 minutes. Now, I know it sounds like I neglect him but if you knew me you’d know that’s the furthest from the truth. My son is my moon and stars. He’s my everything. My baby bear. But for us he needed to learn to sleep in his crib. It really is a personal choice. After that night he never cried for more that 10-15 minutes when going to sleep. Until recently as he’s moved to a big boy bed and is hating it.

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When my son was younger, 15 mins was my limit. Once we got older and had some nights where he slept through the night under his belt and I KNEW he could do it, 30 mins became my limit. But never really more than that. Do what you feel is best!

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With posts like these I like to turn the question around. How would you feel about cry for that amount of time before anyone soothes you?

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It depends on the age of the baby. We generally never went longer than 15 minutes. But, if you’re at the end of your rope, stressed and overwhelmed I will not judge anyone leaving their child in a safe, secure space for 30 minutes while they compose themselves. Parenting is hard.

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I just started work at  a daycare this morning and these babies all under 3 months were screaming and the owners just let them for like 1-2 hours. They just left them all in swings. It’s crazy!!!! I’m looking into a new job and at home nanny for my infant lol

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Luckily my daughter is 5 Months Old and she learned how to self soothe because she didn’t like pacifiers. She started sleeping through the night at 6 Weeks Old. If she would wake up, she’d fuss for maybe 5-10 minutes and then fall back to sleep. But if she was crying and screaming, we’d get her

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