Cry it out

I have received a suggestion to discuss the pros and cons of letting an infant cry their self to sleep. I am so against this that I can not think of one advantage of letting an infant cry their self to sleep. A brand new baby has spent 9 months balled up in a nice warm and cozy womb. They are very confused when they are delivered into this world.

Think about this. You are sleeping in your bed, nice and warm and all of a sudden something sweeps you out of bed, blind folds you and dumps you into a very unfamiliar place in the middle of the night. You hear noises that you do not recognize, you can not see more than 18 inches in front of you and you do not smell the familiar scent of, in this case, your mother. I don't know about you, but this might make me a little nervous. Think about the child that can not comprehend what is happening.

The infant/ child begins to cry because they are scared. Crying increases inter cranial pressure which can affect mental development. Crying also affects a child's breathing. When you think about it, it sounds like neglect. I know that is not the intent of most parents out there.

 SIDS seems to be an ever increasing problem. I am all about prevention. I want to wrap my child in bubble wrap and keep them as close to me as possible. I do not want to over caudal them, however I do not want them to lay in a strange place by their self and cry their heart out so that they learn how to go to sleep without mommy or daddy rocking them.

When a child cries, it is for a reason. They are scared, hungry, hurt or they have a dirty diaper. They don't cry because they were not rocked to sleep. They were nice and warm in your arms before you laid them down and now you are gone. This is very terrifying to them. The best thing to do in my opinion is to fill their belly, wrap them up tight and help them get comfortable without rocking them for an hour straight to assist them to sleep.

What are your views?