OMG....wow, thats really bad advice. I bet if these so called medical experts were terribly upset about something and were crying and sobbing and thier wives/friends were in the next room and didnt go to help them/talk to them they would be angry and upset that no one showed they cared....why is a baby different! Id like to lock them in a room! grrrr!
Im with you on the sleep dep too....DD is nearly 20 months old and i havent had more than about 4 hours sleep in one go since she was born.....but i couldnt take that advice no matter how hard it got! Now she is a talker she will wake up and tell me what she needs, weather its cold/hot/juice/boobie/cuddles/scared etc.....how could i deny her any of those things!? thats all she wanted as a baby but couldnt vocalise it....so that makes it ok to ignore those needs???