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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI nothing you did made your kid a good sleeper. I don’t think you SIL should’ve said anything, but maybe she was concerned because if you did tell her you were sleep training at 8 weeks that seems abusive. [/quote]

OP here. Letting a baby cry for 5 minutes is another abuse. We checked with his pediatrician and she told us it’s okay to let him cry or fuss for 5 minutes. She was the one who recommended we not hold him for every nap like we did for the first 8 weeks because it will create a habit and he will become used to it.

I disagree that we did nothing to help his sleep. He was a decent sleeper but needed to be rocked and then held for naps. He slept well at night on his own but needed to be rocked to sleep. We followed the guidelines from Taking Cara Babies and he went from being rocked and held for every nap to now putting himself to sleep and taking long naps. He sleeps 8-7 now with a dreamfeed at 10pm. This has been going on for a month. It may change but we will sleep train if we need to when he’s older. We do not let him cry for more than 5 minutes and won’t do that until he’s 4 months. [/quote]

Op, what do you want us to say? Tell us and we will! I think 5 minutes it’s cruel. Your baby knows now that his parents aren’t coming. What type of validation were you expecting? You might be a loving mom in many other ways, but  sleep training (at 8 weeks especially) sounds cold to most of us[/quote]

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