Comments on: How to Let a Baby Cry It Out

on 9/26/2008 Okay....this site is kinda strange...it posts the last comment/post as first and there seems to be no way of editing the post so please read the last post starting from the third post and read up wards....forgive me for the screw up on my part.

on 9/26/2008 That's just my point of view and am not trying to defame any parents objective opinion on how to raise their child/children. But as a father whose actually going through this type of "emotional hell", I can understand why CIO would be a valid point. Please excuse my mis-spelling of words...just typing too fast.

on 9/26/2008 Yes I can see how this is a big debate amongst mother, child and father but but constantly holding the baby most of the time isn't always a great idea because as the baby gets older, he or she would have gotten used to being picked up and people who baby sits children aren't as patient when it comes to a crying baby...which leads to SIDS. Now who wants that?

on 9/26/2008 Yes I do feel for the child while he's crying it out and wouldn't want nothing else but to hold him and let him know that he's okay and is very much so loved but I know that by doing the CIO is important for him to learn that mommy and daddy needs rest also and that you can't always have your way.

The seems to be a huge difference between mother and father when it comes to CIO. The mother is naturally bonded with the child and wants to be a great mom but at the same time the baby also needs to know that life isn't always going to go his way.

on 9/26/2008 I have been told that some fathers are more stricked on babies then the mother which I totally understand because after all, the mother has carried the baby for nine months and it is natural for the mother and child to bond together in such mannor.

On the other hand as me being the father, I too have a duty to make sure that my baby (son) is cared for and also learning how to be self-independent. I personally don't see this as a barbaric way of handling the child by letting him cry it out because in my opinion, I feel you must instill this type of learning while they are young or infants so they would learn early on in life that everything is not always going to go your way. Why wait until the child is older then began to teach him discipline?

on 9/26/2008 . When they are at my house, the mother is constantly holding him even when he's not crying but the moment she lays him down he starts to cry.

I do have a problem with that because I would like to see my child able to sit or lay alone knowing he can't always have his way and that mommy and daddy isn't always going to be there to comfort him while he's being baby sitted by someone else. This has driven a wedge between the mother and I. We are constantly arguing about her always holding him even when he's not crying. Me as the father would rather let him cry it out so that he could learn self independence.

on 9/26/2008 I personally am going through this cycle with my young child crying constantly. The mother and my live in separate house holds. The mother lives with her parents and I (the father) lives alone.

The mother and her parents only have one daughter which is 32 years old and this is her first child and the grandparents first grand child together. Whenever the child cries, the mother or the grand parents always drop what ever they are doing and pick the baby up.

When ever we go out in public areas, the baby cries so the mother naturally picks him up and cradle him. I have no problem with that but when the baby is full, dried and we know he's okay, he begans to cry. So I normally take the baby in his stroller and walk with the baby which normally hush him up.

on 9/26/2008 Okay my post are kind of lengthy so I'm just gonna have to make more than one post. Please forgive me for the multiple posts but I suppose there is only so much one could write on here so I'll just make more than one post...please forgive me once again.

on 9/26/2008 I personally am going through this cycle with my young child crying constantly. The mother and my live in separate house holds. The mother lives with her parents and I (the father) lives alone.

The mother and her parents only have one daughter which is 32 years old and this is her first child and the grandparents first grand child together. Whenever the child cries, the mother or the grand parents always drop what ever they are doing and pick the baby up.

When ever we go out in public areas, the baby cries so the mother naturally picks him up and cradle him. I have no problem with that but when the baby is full, dried and we know he's okay, he begans to cry. So I normally take the baby in his stroller and walk with the baby which normally hush him up.
I do have a problem with that because I would like to see my child able to sit or lay alone knowing he can't always have h

on 9/26/2008 I personally am going through this cycle with my young child crying constantly. The mother and my live in separate house holds. The mother lives with her parents and I (the father) lives alone.

The mother and her parents only have one daughter which is 32 years old and this is her first child and the grandparents first grand child together. Whenever the child cries, the mother or the grand parents always drop what ever they are doing and pick the baby up.

When ever we go out in public areas, the baby cries so the mother naturally picks him up and cradle him. I have no problem with that but when the baby is full, dried and we know he's okay, he begans to cry. So I normally take the baby in his stroller and walk with the baby which normally hush him up. When they are at my house, the mother is constantly holding him even when he's not crying but the moment she lays him down h

on 6/29/2008 How incredibly cruel. I find it sickening that anyone would do this. I have four children and they all deserve love and attention, not abandonment for the sake of convenience. ALL studies show that crying it out is dangerous not only for baby, but for how you bond and respond to baby, as well. How horrible that they would let anyone cruel enough to do this with their children post an article on here.