“Let the baby cry” is the most annoying thing anybody can say

@whowasthatmaskedman no...it's not.

A babys only form of communicating distress is to cry .

If you have done everything and it's still crying ...it's time to get help.

Imagine giving up and laying a baby down only to have it die from asthma or a burst appendix or something .

No....if it's crying ....it's for a reason.

Not to mention fear of being alone .

It's entire existence it had been connected to it's mother: feeling her, hearing her , being wrapped in her .

And suddenly it's ripped from her body and needs to aclimatise to being alone.

It's a shock. And it needs transition and gentle weaning from her.

Leaving a child to cry alone is psychologically damaging .

@OogieBoogie Your second last line is the key. Weaning is the gentle withdrawing of what you have become reliant on and that causes some distress..😷

@OogieBoogie yup yup yup

@whowasthatmaskedman yes...weaning :
GENTLE withdrawal....NO distress .

Weaning isn't the same thing as withdrawal. It's a slow detaching from something ....usually by replacing that something with something else .