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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dunno, I just had to CIO with my 7 year old because she NEVER learned how to fall asleep on her own. You never know how your newborn will turn out. Better at 7 months than 7 years when they know and remember.  [/quote]
True that babies can’t “remember” trauma in the same way that an older child does.[/quote]

Trauma is coded into the DNA via epigenetic modifications of chromatin.  So, yeah, your baby may not have an episodic memory of the time you let her cry all night, but depending on how long it went on for (weeks vs a few nights), it could permanently change aspects of the stress response system.  Personally I came up with my own system for my babies: get on a really rigid schedule, and let them cry for a max of ten minutes.  If still crying after ten, I'd comfort them to sleep, but usually they were out well before that. The rigid schedule is key because it means your child's sleep/wake hormone secretion is properly tuned to drive sleep onset at the desired time.  [/quote]

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