Yes.

I read this article earlier. Nightmare scenario.

Man, everyone thought I was a monster for having a four week old Baby State sleep in a crib across the hall.
It’s what worked for us, and kiddo now sleeps like a brick. One of us rocks him for 20 mins, and then he’s placed in the crib where he puts himself to bed as…

I spent 8 years teaching in a high needs school, and I would have to do exhausting similar things (but with about 25 other kids in the room.) You just stick with the short term pain because you see over and over again how it makes your life better in the long term.

God, I have no patience for people who wont even TRY to sleep train their kid. Yeah, it sucks to be up all night, listening to them scream for hours, only going in to comfort them every 20 minutes. However, if you don’t try and your kid keeps you up for the next six years, that’s on you.
There are plenty of kids who…

I don’t have kids, but I don’t get this at all. I don’t recall going to my parents room at night unless I was sick. Granted I shared a room with one of my older sisters until I was about 12 because there were not enough bedrooms. But I didn’t flip out if she wasn’t there because she was away at camp or a slumber…

I used to babysit for this family where the mom instructed me to put the kids(3,6, and 10) to bed with iPads. One night I could not get the middle one to sleep at all and he was awake when parents came home at 11pm. I was super embarrassed and apologized profusely. Mom was like “no prob” and I was like “but it’s a…

Have you seen kittens, or puppies, or rabbits or fawns? All of them naturally sleep just fine without parents. After a certain point the kid is torturing you, not the other way around. I had chronic insomnia as a little kid. I stayed in my room and read. Made it through the Bible, Heidi, and the entire Little House…

God, years ago I saw one of those Nanny 911-type shows and they had a family whose kids (2 of them!) refused to sleep in their beds. As a result, this couple had not had sex (or a good night’s sleep) in years.

That’s why you gotta do this when they are babies. This child never never learned to soothe herself. I have friends who made the same mistake. Their 8 year old still sleeps in their bedroom.

I remain unconvinced.

The full story shows that co-sleeping was not a viable option for this family. The little girl woke her parents up repeatedly throughout the night.

Personally I’m still going to take the doctor’s advice rather than a stranger on the internet who’s source of knowledge is their horribly abusive dad. Just saying.

Birds leave the nest to find food. Rodents and critters that burrow in the ground do the same thing. Leaving young alone isn’t all that strange.

But the thing is, it can mess with your kid’s ability to sleep alone in the long run. I wrote this somewhere up above and It’s embarrassing to admit, but I shared a bed with my mom until I was 13. I had grown up sharing the bed with her for so long that being alone deeply scared me. One day I was just like “omg I have…

Okay but try being the kid with a parent who never wants to sleep in bed without you. I had my own bed, but it was mainly for show. I can’t really explain why my mom was this way. My parents basically hated each other so my dad always slept on the couch but even after they got divorced she wanted me to sleep near her.…

Most mammal babies DO sleep without a parent around. Primates are an exception because of their large brains means they are less advanced when they are born and require near constant supervision because they’re basically fetuses.

See maybe this is why I shouldn’t be a parent because I would tell my kid to fuck right off and not hesitate to lock their obnoxious ass in their room if they kept trying to crawl into bed with me. I suffer from severe sleep issues and couldn’t handle a little demon bothering me through the night.

I’m inviting censure here, and I know it, but WHY AREN’T MOTHER AND CHILD IN THERAPY?!?!

As someone who’s worked with all types of kids for over a decade, I’d like observe the family dynamic going on here...issues like this don’t exist in a vacuum. I have an inkling its years over-parenting and I would usually advise similar to what the doctors recommended (not locking it though, just placing the child…

There is something about kids who are obviously manipulating by crying though and I suspect this is more of that than the kid being scared. And when the parents give in they make the entire thing worse