Parenting

Since it's Friday at 3:30...

Didn't the guy who 'invented' CIO extinction (i.e. leave them and let them cry for as long as it takes) later say that it was not a good idea and that he recommended people not use it?

Re: Since it's Friday at 3:30...

  • I am feeling almost hormonal enough to bite at this bait.  LOL  

    I can't imagine why anyone would think letting a baby cry alone in a dark room until he finally gives up could possibly be a bad thing?! LOL

    crap, I took the bait!  

  • imagesummerbrideDC:

    I am feeling almost hormonal enough to bite at this bait.  LOL  

    I can't imagine why anyone would think letting a baby cry alone in a dark room until he finally gives up could possibly be a bad thing?! LOL

    crap, I took the bait!  

    Ditto. And, I'll take it a step further by saying that doing and condoning something like that says a lot about a person. A LOT.

    ~Erica, Mommy to Peyton 9/06 & Cullen 9/09
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  • imageGoose51504:

    Ditto. And, I'll take it a step further by saying that doing and condoning something like that says a lot about a person. A LOT.

    I completely agree.

  • here is what I think: children are not lab rats.

  • imagevccake:

    here is what I think: children are not lab rats.

    you know what, I read her post and I take it back. she sounded desperate for sleep and you gotta do what you gotta do. 

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