After two nights I read that leaving a baby to cry could lead to an emotionally retarded adult and we don't want that. Besides, at the moment all I want to do is to respond to my baby and that doesn't feel wrong at all. We didn't leave him to cry for long without any comfort - I think the longest was for ten whole minutes (which felt like an eternity by the way), but having met a sleep psychologist at a Mums and Babies group last week she told me that there is no need to leave him to cry and that what we're doing at the moment is just fine.
Our colic nightmare continues with 3-4 hours of crying most evenings and until that subsides (only 2 weeks to go if Nico follows the average..hmmm) so I don't want to do anything else that could make him cry more. It does seem that his evening activities knacker him out and we get a stretch of about 4 hours before he wakes for food and then 3-4 hours more - next step to get him in the cot...
So if all other babies from my NCT class are apparently sleeping through, we'll have to wait a little longer.
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