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Desperate times, desperate searches

by phdinparenting on October 24, 2008

Around the world there are parents wishing their babies would sleep better. Some so exhausted, so frustrated, so at the end of their rope that they go searching on the Internet desperately trying to find the magic bullet that will make their baby sleep through the night.
In certain Western societies it has somehow become acceptable [...]

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Cry it out (CIO): Is it harmful or helpful?

by phdinparenting on August 11, 2008

About a month ago, I wrote a post outlining the scientific and emotional reasons why we have chosen not to use the Cry It Out (CIO) method with our children. In brief, the ten reasons are:

CIO can cause harmful changes to babies’ brains
CIO can result in decreased intellectual, emotional and social development
CIO can result in a [...]

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