My mother and I have different views on this, and I'm just curious about what other parents do. My mom says the cry it out method is the best. She did it with me and both of my brothers. When we were obviously not in pain, hungry or needing changed but were crying she would just let us cry until we stopped. With my son I do kind of a combination of the two. If he's crying I pick him up and comfort him for a few minutes until he stops and then I put him back down and he's usually fine after that. If he keeps crying after that I'll let him fuss and it usually doesn't last more than a few minutes. My mom always jokes that I'm going to spoil him, but she doesn't interfere with my parenting. What do you do with your kids?