In parenting almost everything is highly arguable, because parenting is hard and we don't have much idea of what is the optimal path to it. But this is one of t

In parenting almost everything is highly arguable, because parenting is hard and we don't have much idea of what is the optimal path to it. But this is one of the few things where I'll stick my neck out and say I'm pretty confident anyone advocating to "cry it out" is just plain wrong. Nature gives us a tiny creature, who (during the first stages of childhood) operates entirely or almost entirely on pure instinct, and it surprisingly gives it the ability to cry at a volume that puts Whitney Houston to shame, and makes you feel like a fire alarm has gone off. Why are they able to cry like that when they are still so small? To me, it's common sense that it's so that we feel compelled to answer their call and do something to stop the crying ASAP. That's the natural thing to do, the thing our species seems to be designed to do. Any other reaction would require very solid evidence to convince me it's a good idea. And no, "with this method the baby sleeps alone without crying in two weeks" is not valid evidence, because that's an argument based on convenience for parents in contemporary society, not on what's best for the baby.