Is 6 weeks too early to leave to cry to sleep?

[peanuthead]

Lots of conflicting advice- as usual.

DD is 6 weeks, she tends to feed moreorless constantly between 6 and 10 and then I can usually get her down, but really feel it's time she went down earlier, at 7 or 8.

I keep being told to just put her to bed and leave her to cry till she falls asleep and DH is insisting on this - but surely she's still too little? Or am i being too soft? At what point is this ok?

Or do they suddenly start sleeping earlier at 12 weeks?

HELP!!

baby whisperer rubbich - I think those books do more harm than good. My ds is a good sleeper but I made the mistake of reading it and then felt really bad for NO reason! Go with your instinct as people have said. And enjoy your LO - they don't stay small for long!

Ah but peanuthead, unfortunately, baby can't read.

I am a big believer in cc. HOWEVER, it should not be done before 6 months. 6 weeks is way too early to leave a baby to cry. You can't spoil a 6 week old. And how they sleep at 6 weeks is not an indication of how they will sleep when they are older. My ds fed pretty constantly day and night for 6 months. Then I did cc and he has been a fantastic sleeper ever since (he's now almost 7 years old). But dd slept quite well as a young baby, and now that she is 5 is a fairly bad sleeper (has night terrors and night wakings on a fairly regular basis).

hi peanuthead, just want to add that i hope you trust your maternal instinct over all things (i think maternal instinct will never allow a baby to cry alone in the dark) I think it's total crap that a baby SHOULD be doing this or that. they do all want the same things (e.g. 24 hour closeness to mother and 24 hour access to the boob/food ) but they are also all different, my lo has a nap around 7pm but won't stay long without me there so spends the rest of the evening dozing or playing in the lounge wiht us til 10 or 11pm. we should all just relax and go with the flow, let babies be babies.

I don't think you can spoil a baby full stop, be it six weeks or six months old. Babies need food and cuddles and then they feel loved and secure. I agree... trust your instincts