So crying can never be healthy catharsis?

Don't feed the Mudede troll.

By the way, I just want all to know that I had a good laugh writing that. @3, obviously failed to hear/read my laughter.

There could be a connection between babies needing touching and caressing for their developing brains and not getting it by being left untouched in bed.

Right on, Mudede. Fucking weak-ass babies.

Oh, no, wait, you're a pseudo-philosophical fuckwit who says things to piss people off. Or, as they are often called, "A provocateur".

Ah. I can never tell when you have your head up your ass and when you're pretending to have your head up your ass. One just assumes, after a while.

"Crying is for the cornered."

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"Crying is [a normal and natural reaction] for the [person who feels] cornered [and is not an act to be looked down upon or judged, but rather an opportunity for others to show empathy and understanding]."

I really respect Dr. Leach and her decades of research and work on babies and child development.

I agree that young babies (newborns to about 6 months old) should NOT cry for long periods. They need to feel secure that they will be taken care of and understand that nurturing is nearby. This is NOT spoiling a baby. Point taken.

However, when you get into the older baby stage at about 8 months, babies have got to learn to self-comfort or you will end up with a child who won't sleep alone. If that child believes you will jump every time they cry, they will cry a lot. The ability for a baby to be able to know that their crib is safe, they have special music on/heard a story/have a blankie and then fall asleep is a gift.

It's all about giving the child a sense of security and a belief in that security early on. It also makes for a better toddlerhood (which has its own challenges).

@ 4, you need to use your LOLz and :)'s more... It would really make your posts sparkle.

The insecure parent: the constant cash-cow.

Oh my god, I just can't believe you have job Charles, you say the dumbest shit.

Out of desperation, we let our kid cry it out. Within a week he was sleeping all night long uninterupted. So the crying actually led to much less crying overall. Wish we'd done it earlier.

If your reasoning has led you to cry, then perhaps it should be brought to a standstill. I have found crying brings me clarity. After a minute of it I usually feel much better, and I can see my problems from a different perspective.

Reasoning is not a consistent process. It breaks down all the time, interrupts itself, or reorients itself for lots of reasons other than crying.

Oh great, more ammo for the attachment parenting loonies.

This study is largely irrelevant, because after a few days of sleep training, most babies go to sleep without crying anymore. It's an important developmental step that no parent should deny their child.

Our first born was the most cantankerous and colicky baby on the planet. After just 3 (admittedly difficult) nights of sleep training, we went from a long, exhausting, often-futile bedtime routine to being able to put her in her crib and within 10 minutes she'd be asleep with no fuss. It improved the psychological health of everyone involved.

13 - I think that's WHY he has a job... I think that Charles is moved to post about things, with poor results or not, that no one else ever would.