Someone I know extremely well has just announced her intention to do CC - her LO is nearly 3 months old. Baby sleeps relatively well for one her age - feeds 4 hourly at night, I think wants to cluster feed in the evening, but friend thinks she is just being whingy and tends not to feed her before 3 hours have passed unless she is really screaming.
I'm not anti CC per se, in an older child where all other options have been exhausted and the parents are at the end of their tether, but I strongly feel that this baby is too young, and needs the evening/night feeds (friend is planning CC to get baby down at 7 and waking less at night).
I brought up with her (very gently, in a sort of 'oh, I didn't know that was recommended' sort of way) the fact that CC might be damaging to young babies, and she essentially said she didn't believe me, so I was thinking that if I had some links to proper research, I could at least point her in the direction of them if the conversation came up again. Not sure how I can do it without offending her, but hoping the conversation will come up at some point!
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Any proof that CC doesn't work/is harmful on younger babies?
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Hopefully · 03/06/2009 21:17
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