Hi, I’m feeling MASSIVE mum guilt as I let my kids cry it out at around 9 months. First I was there and did it my way, with my hands on them and comforting them etc. Then when that stopped working after a while I tried coming in a regular intervals to smooth when they were crying but that seemed to make them worse! So I ended up leaving them to cry and it stopped sooner. I felt I had no other choice at the time as they were too big to carry around in a sling all the time and I needed sleep and a relationship with my husband!!
However, now I am suffering huge guilt at what we did and am stressing about leaving them with damaged little brains that haven’t formed properly because of it.
My hope is that they were and are loved and paid attention to throughout this and the rest of their lives (they are 2&3 now) and so hopefully the neurones will have had chance to connect all the other time?
Anyone else experienced these feelings or have any advice?
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Astrid7 · 18/05/2022 19:36
Astrid7 · 18/05/2022 19:52
Thank you both. I feel it now because I’m formally learning about child development and it’s come up in class. The people surrounding me haven’t done it and don’t agree with it so I don’t feel like I can even admit to it.
My two both love bedtime also and sleep and us! I just can’t help worrying they may have had a better wired brain if I hadn’t done it
Astrid7 · 18/05/2022 20:44
I’m learning about child development and the critical stages from newborn up. It’s nothing about controlled crying specifically, just unattended crying leads to inability to form neural pathways that allow the brain to go from stress to calm. They stay stressed. There was a conversation in the classroom around cc as it is introduced at around the time when the brain is developing this. It’s that that started my worries.
User3568975431146 · 18/05/2022 21:09
Controlled crying is horrible. We tried it one night with one of ours and lasted 10 minutes. Modern thinking and advice has a lot to answer for regarding controlled crying.
User3568975431146 · 18/05/2022 21:09
Controlled crying is horrible. We tried it one night with one of ours and lasted 10 minutes. Modern thinking and advice has a lot to answer for regarding controlled crying.
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