I am so sick and tired of 'experts' voicing that our children need to sleep better, do this better, do that better......are we expecting to much from them...they are just babies....they need to experience the world in an innoicent non violent way. Screaming a baby to sleep seems cruel in my eyes, not just for the baby but for the parents involved. Who need's the stress involved with it.

Live life people..love your baby with your arms and heart...not by shutting a door

Agreed 100%

From Birth till he was too heavy to hold/ Didn't fit comfortably in my/DH's arms our DS was rocked/Feed/Sung to sleep. From here we moved to sitting on the recliner laying him down on our knees and swaying our legs until he was asleep..now he's to big for that... he goes into his cot and one of us holds his hand or sings, pat his bottom or rubs his back until he's nearly asleep and he goes off on his own now.

If he is tired and I put him down he 8/10 he goes off by himself nothing from me or DH is required and I honesty believe that is because he KNOWS if he needs us we come. there are occasions when we need to go in but hey....Thats my little boy!! If he needs me, he needs me simple as that.

So many people incl my parents have shot us down for doing this, and after so much critisism I tried CC once and felt physically sick...Just not something I can do plain and simple. but I'll never be bullied into anything just because "others" think it's what "has" to be done, or the "right" way.

I guess like many things when it comes to parenting though different strokes for different folks.