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Summary: There are many studies done, but they all have data quality issues to different degrees. In general... (my conclusion) > Leaving your baby to cry it
by pcurve 4y ago
Summary: There are many studies done, but they all have data quality issues to different degrees.
In general... (my conclusion)
> Leaving your baby to cry it out is helpful for most babies.
> But it's not recommended for babies younger than 6 months.
> Some experts recommend even waiting until 12 months, because month 6-12 is critical for developing emotional regulation that occur with help of parent intervention.
> Benefit of letting baby cry it out isn't permanent. It needs to be repeated.
> By the time they're 6 years old, there was no difference.
> individual personality/temperament play large role in how the baby responds to the training.
- JW_00000 4y agoI'd add: > When babies are sleep-trained (with the "cry it out" method), they don't actually sleep (much) longer; they wake up as often but have learned to not signal their parents.
- psychphysic 4y agoHave they learned not to signal their parents? Or that their parents aren't interested in being there when they need them? For me I suspect most of this is regression to mean. People mostly try sleep training in a bad patch, meaning things are likely gonna get better anyways.
- VirusNewbie 4y ago>Have they learned not to signal their parents? Or that their parents aren't interested in being there when they need them? I assume this is not true, given that most (all?) sleep trained babies will still cry if they are sick, in distress, lose their pacifier or stuffed animal, etc. They just don’t cry out for help to get back to sleep.
- klyrs 4y agoParents getting more sleep has knock-on benefits for the kid. It's hard not to be grumpy under the influence of a sleep deficit. I wake up several times a night. So does my kid. So if I wake up every time he wakes up, and every time I'd naturally wake up, then I don't get enough sleep. Self-care is crucial for caretakers, and I was a bit disappointed to not find any mention of that in the article.
- dr_orpheus 4y agoThere is a mention of it in the article. Starts about 3/4 of the way through with the heading of "Family Fatigue": "Researchers tend to focus on sleep training's potential impact on babies – which makes sense, since they're the most vulnerable, helpless members of the family unit. But sleep training obviously affects the rest of the family, too..."
- klyrs 4y agoah, good, I guess I missed that.
- TeMPOraL 4y agoWhat's worse, it's mostly dismissed. This is surprising, because it's arguably the most important factor - even the speculated negative effects of sleep training on child development pale in comparison to the negative effects of persistently sleep-deprived parents have on child short and long-term development.
- unity1001 4y ago> they wake up as often but have learned to not signal their parents To instinctively avoid signaling the predators in the absence of their parents as an evolutionary trait...
- jjulius 4y agoStill waiting on you to cite the source that proves this is why babies don't cry.