To leave baby crying if…

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It’s before 7am and you’ve gone in to settle a few times but they won’t stop? Not needing anything, just wanting to get up. They’re 21 months. I’ve left to cry for ten mins and they did eventually stop but now I’m wondering if that was wrong?

Id just bring them into my bed if I didn't want to get up and have a cuddle.

For most kids 5am is a slightly early but not obscene start to the day. All mine have been early risers. Kids don't tend to have the 'lie in' gene until they get to around 9 in my experience and we've always encouraged toys/screen time in bed st weekends if its before 7am to try to claw back a small lie in.

I wouldn't encourage cry it out either. Your small child is trying to communicate, just because you don't understand what they're asking for doesn't mean they should be ignored.

Absolutely this, it was 10 mins and they went back to sleep so you made the right call. They weren't up and ready to start the day. You went in to reassure and they went back to sleep. Perfectly normal, don't beat yourself up.

She’s almost 2, not a tiny baby. She was clearly still tired because she went back to sleep.

You did nothing wrong.

Mine and close friends eldest are between 17-20 - none of us would ever have done cio and I know noone that did. It certainly wasn't considered ok by health visitors. Not saying some people didn't do it but it wasn't the norm 20 years ago.

It is perfectly fine to give a toddler who has woken 2 hours early a chance to get cross, realise it's not working, and then go back to get the sleep they need.

The pearl clutching on this thread is bonkers - if you NEVER leave your toddlers to cry then does that mean you give in to every tantrum? That's not good parenting!

It was 5 am. Technically morning but 2 hours earlier than the child normally wakes. Plus my DD would in no way have fallen asleep in my bed. Not all children are the same.

I did read her post. The first sentence in her post says "it's just before 7am"

This is what OP posted.And it said BEFORE 7 not just before 7

Yes, at the point she’s posting and the child is back asleep. It was 5 when they woke.