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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow

This thread is basically an advertisement for sleep training[/quote]

I agree.

And people who clearly should not be parents.
Getting a good nights sleep is so important.

OP you really need parenting classes[/quote]

People who think I'm a monster for letting my six month old cry for an hour for three nights, yet are ok with their kids being chronically sleep deprived for literal years. Make it make sense. [/quote]

This isn’t an either/or situation. I didn’t sleep train my kids and they were sleeping through the night by 6/7 months, which worked fine by me. Never had sleep problems since then and they are in middle school now.

Look, the main reason parents sleep train is because of parental sleep deprivation. And it’s a valid one- people cannot function without enough sleep. Otherwise, it’s hard to argue that holding and comforting a crying baby is the wrong thing to do.

My kids were both raised in other countries - one in Asia and one in Europe. “Sleep training” doesn’t exist in most countries. Babies are held and comforted and then they sleep on their own. So it’s worth flipping this concept on its head and examine why many americans are convinced sleep training is the only way to go. Maternity and paternity leave are much more generous in other countries. The Uk gives 6 months paid and 6 months unpaid. Most of the moms I knew took the full 12 months. Japan gives 12 months paid PATERNITY leave. Also, in Asia, paid help is very inexpensive. Americans use CIO and sleep training because new moms and dads have less buffer for sleep deprivation because maternity and paternity leave is short/nonexistent, and nighttime help is expensive.

I didn’t sleep train because I had no need to. I had leave, my husband had leave, I had access to cheap nighttime help if I wanted it, I enjoyed nursing my babies at night, I slept 8 hours a day because my husband was home, and there was  inexpensive daytime help. But if I had been in the us with 3 months leave? Yeah,
I would have been forced to sleep train. [/quote]

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