The jury's out for me. I know chilled out mums with chilled out kids, and highly strung mums with highly strung kids. And I know mums/kids who are total opposites!
I honestly think kids will be what they are destined to be - including being influenced by the way they are parented and influenced by their genetics.
IMO, babies and toddlers go through stages. One night they are happy to self settle to sleep ... the next night (and for the next 6 months) they need physical and emotional help to nod off. We do what we need to do for our child's security and comfort. We've only just got our 23mo DS1 back to self settling ... it only took 6 months! Now our DS1 creeps into our bed at night (we often wake up to find him between us) and seems happy to sleep like the dead providing he can fling his leg over us, or have a hand under one of our armpits.
To be polite ... up the bottoms of people who stick their nose into your style of parenting and your daughter's individuality. You know your daughter, you know the best way of parenting her. Keep up the good work, I say
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