Soothe or Cry It Out?

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Hi Mamas! My baby boy is 5 weeks old now and was also born a month early, and a couple times during the day he seems to cry until i’m holding him. So i do (because obviously if a mini cuddle will fix the problem why not) and everyone keeps trying to tell me not to because then “he’ll want to be held 24/7”. Im getting really sick & tired of hearing everyone tell me to let him cry it out instead of just soothing him and to not hold my baby. 
Its extremely frustrating because he’s a BABY, babies want to be held sometimes and i feel like thats okay. It also kills me to let him cry it out, it actually breaks my heart.
What is everyone else’s opinions/experience with this?

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Hold that baby, momma. They are full of shit.

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Five weeks is way too young to cry it out. Your baby is telling you something. You can’t spoil a newborn. Get the snuggles while you can ❤️

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A baby cannot self soothe at 5 weeks 🤦🏼‍♀️ people are just that stupid just hold your baby there’s nothing wrong with that

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HOLD BABY!! Poor baby has known nothing but warm and comfort for the past 9 MONTHS and a few weeks in and they expect the baby to not cry? Come on.

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Babies have no idea how to self soothe at that age; they cry because a need is not being met and they can’t figure it out on their own. Please give him all the snuggles you can! I’m a big fan of sleep training, and comfortable (as you can be, I guess) w crying it out, but newborns are way too young for that and should not be left to cry unless it’s a health/safety issue for caregivers (Iike if you or your partner is going nuts and really needs to leave the crying baby in their crib for a few while you calm down—totally fine/normal!).

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do not let a 5 week old cry it out, like what! feed, change, hold, rock to sleep.

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Hold the baby!! And give a couple kisses on their head while you are at it!!

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Hold your baby!! He’s barely a month old! Tell everyone else to fuck off.

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16 weeks Thursday (9 adjusted) and is still in my arms as much as he wants to be. A 5 week old is way way too young to cry it out.

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Hold your baby mama.

Soothe or Cry It Out?

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