I remember the 6-8 week period with both my DC as being the most harrowing, bleakest, living-on-my-final-nerve, destroyed by sleep exhaustion period that I have ever gone through. I honestly didn't think it would be as bad the second time around, but it was. Hideous.
I have total sympathy for anyone in the depths of that. You're barely rational.
I can't imagine leaving a baby to cry alone for 3 hours, though. 10 minutes, at a desperate stretch while you scream into a pillow. And then beat yourself up about, forever more.
Posting about it in Facebook seems like a really strange thing to do, to me. I can't relate to that at all, and adds in a weird, calculated sort of response to the problem, which makes me uncomfortable. But then I suppose if you're one of those people who live their life through FB and post every time a thought pops into you head, maybe it's totally normal for you.
I actually do think that there should be some sort of awareness campaign around Crying It Out in very young babies. They promote breastfeeding, there's awareness around Shaken Baby Syndrome. Co-sleeping, etc, Why not some awareness-raising around this?
I do think there is some hysteria on this thread which is OTT, but there's no denying that an infant crying for hours on end is not good. Not good at all. So many of us are totally clueless when it comes to babies. And it's not our fault. Nothing can prepare you. Add into that the fact that there is so much conflicting advice around, and it's hardly surprising that many people don't know what to do for the best.
That poor baby. And the poor Mum too, to actually believe this is in any way a good, productive thing to do.