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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who can leave a 3-4 month old baby to cry is a sociopath, point blank. Shame on you OP. [/quote]

Not OP but no it’s not. I sleep trained early with both my kids and we are very loving. We all needed sleep. Kids are great sleepers and happy. We’re better parents because we are getting sleep. Most babies will cry much longer when you add it up without sleep training. It’s more detrimental for a baby do be waking up and crying multiple times a night for many months or year than crying for the time it takes to sleep train. [/quote]

+1. This is my philosophy too. Train them young and you'll avoid a lot of angst! [/quote]
I mean, sure, in the sense that the kid is learning not to cry. Studies on cortisol levels of infants show sleep training doesn't take away the *urge* to cry. You're teaching them self control, essentially. And this isn't necessarily a bad thing when done at the correct ages.  But the idea of "oh just do it earlier, it's better" using methods *designed* for older babies is not sound. Even Ferber says 4 months is the earliest--and admits its maybe even not appropriate for some babies until 6m.[/quote]

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