oops just saw the other posts above Caro's.... i also try to minimise crying, i think it is the hardest thing in the world to listen to.... sometimes hollie does this crazy talking with the dummy in her mouth and yelling too like funny jibberish (i swear she has been on this earth before), it is a funny little sound, but sometimes she wants/needs to do this before she nods off to sleep... they are all so unique and i think only a mummy knows what is best for her baby and whatever works for you is obviously working for you, IYKWIM.

caro i think its great if you pick your babies up immediately if they cry and it is obviously working for you.... for me, i try to work out the cry and respond accordingly, sometimes hollie has just woken between sleep cycles and likes her face to be tickled as she drifts back off to sleep, and had i of picked her up, it would have disrupted her sleep for example.... other times she has kicked the covers off, and sometimes she has just woken with a fright and needs to hear a reassuring voice that everything is alright. And of course there are the times when she just seems to want a bit of an extra cuddle and I relish those times and savour them!!