Does anyone else "twinge" at the baby who is left crying at night with no one to come and comfort him? I am a bit confused by this advert because so many of us have practiced and still are practicing controlled crying. Of course, I know the advert is talking of something more sinister, but it doesn?t really give that impression at first. Like, just last night my dd (nearly 2 yrs old) awoke at 11pm and when it was clear she was standing up wide awake (crying and calling ?Mummy!? which always breaks my heart!) I went in, sang her night-night song and put her down again, and she continued crying for about 5-10 minutes before she went back to sleep. Ironically, that ad came on when I was waiting to see if she?d stop crying, and I thought, hang on! Am I doing what the ad is accusing me of? Rationally I know I?m not, but it is a bit ambiguous. (Esp as she has on the odd occasion awoken and I haven't gone in at all because it's obviously half-hearted moaning that puts her back to sleep without my intervention...) Does anyone else think that or am I just being silly?
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That NSPCC ad: anyone else feel a twinge of guilt?
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Lizita · 28/07/2005 15:56
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