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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do other countries worry about"sleep training" their babies like we do in America? Or are we just so worried about getting our own privacy and space back that we insist on trying to control and perfect our babies' sleep routines so they become as little of an "inconvenience" to us as possible? I don't know the answer to that question, but it sure seems like we put an awful lot of energy into how to train our babies to sleep on their own rather than just following our parenting instincts and babies' cues. If your baby needs you, he/she will cry. Go to the baby and meet her needs. Seems pretty simple to me. Yes, I am a little sleep deprived with my 3 month old who still wakes up needing me at night, but that's part of becoming a parent. I wish people would stop obsessing about training methods and letting babies CIO when their instincts tell them otherwise. It seems like a lot of intellectualizing of a fairly basic issue.[/quote]

You have a 3 month old.  Your 3 month old has needs at night like eating and having a poopy diaper changed.  You say you are only a "little" sleep deprived.  Try doing this for a few more months with your baby waking no longer because of needs, but because she's completely dependent on your help to get the sleep SHE so desperately needs.  Not only will she be a cranky and overtired mess but from the hourly or ever two hourly wake-ups, no longer necessary for feeding but now required for your baby to sleep, depending on how much sleep you need you may also be an emotional mess.  Your work, parenting, and relationships may suffer.  You may find yourself dozing off while driving or even wrecking a car.  Try being one of us who needs sleep and is up more than 3 times a night to get a clean diaper, eat, and go back to sleep in an hour or less.  Then you'll understand.  There's a reason sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture.[/quote]

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