“Cry it out”?

Question

Personally I can’t do it. I’ve tried and it just breaks my heart. Babies are so little and so new to the world that I don’t see the problem in them needing a little comfort to fall asleep. But everyone always say to let them cry it out. So I’m just curious on others opinions on this.

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I don’t like it and I refuse to do it. But i will say this when I run to him too fast he’s not quite sure what he really wants (bottle/ pacifiers/attention) so when that happens I let him cry for a minute and then he does know WhT he wants but I will not let him scream in bed and not try anything to comfort him. 
My sisters baby however needs this. He will get picked up and fed and given his pacifier and nothing will help him. He throws such big fits that she puts him in the crib with a bottle and lights off and he’ll go to sleep and be fine when he wakes up (he fights his sleep so bad) 
So I think it’s up to the baby mostly

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Never

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Nope but then again, I didn’t have too and hopefully don’t ever have too. My son is 5 months old and has been sleeping 10-12 hours during the night since he was 3 1/2 months old. Plus even if he didn’t, I couldn’t because when he cries, it’s horrible to hear, it’s so bad & tears are literally running down his face 😢 by all means, if that’s what you chose then go ahead & do what works for you. Every decision a parent makes is on them because it’s their child.

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I did it at 9 months and it took my son 2 days and he’s been an amazing easy sleeper ever since. The baby should be 6-7 months before you do it because that’s the age they can go without a feeding at night. Some people do it a lot earlier though but from what I researched that’s what it said.

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From a certain age they can handle it a bit better (but I forget what age) 
I couldn’t do it with my girl but the second might just have to. I can’t see myself being able to watch a toddler and ssshh a baby to sleep.

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We did it at a year old. Took both my kids 3 days to go from waking 2-3 times a night to sleeping 10 hours straight. It’s not like you literally leave your kids in the room for hours on end screaming. Lots of people judge it by the name and don’t even know how it works.

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I’m not opposed to some sleep training methods that include some crying , for babies at least 5-6 months , but some people’s idea of just letting them cry for as long as it takes is a no go to me.

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I allowed my daughter to fuss before going to her, but as soon as she cries I tend to her. I understand why people get to their wits end and do it, and that’s ok...but if you don’t have to, I wouldn’t do it. It’s learned helplessness, not self soothing...(now, if they are 2 and still not sleeping, it’s a little different...they know how to self soothe at that age...).

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