I started at 6 months old! Getting your child to get the gist of getting back to sleep at night by themselves is not harsh in my opinion. He doesn't need food, he doesn't need changed, he's not in harms way, and getting him to sleep through the night and learn how to control his sleep is only going to benefit himself not hurt himself! It was the only method that was really around for years upon years and we all survived

I do it but at a certain age... Six months and up. New born I won't do that. When I do use it I make sure they are fed and changed and no fever etc no reasons to be crying then I use that cry it out, every 15
mins I'll check on them.... Most of the time they are sleepy and thats their way of going to sleep

I do the cry it out method especially now that my son is 7 months old. I don't do it all day everyday but if I have to take a shower, cook, etc. & I know he's been fed, changed, is in a safe place, & I've been holding him most of the day then yeah he's gonna cry a lil bit lol.

I do the cry it out they all survived

@skysmommy04 I just had a mom come at me pissed for asking why it's so bad and not to say it's not but I wanted to know in what aspect of parenting is the "cry it out method" is bad.

Depends.. I let my daughter cry only if I know she just wants her way never do I let her cry it out when she was a nb she's one now I believe when a nb cries something is needed affection, a burp a change something is wrong or they want to be held. They have gone from being in a tight warm space with mommy 24/7 to a big cold world imagine but they're are times you don't know what's going on esp when you are a new mom and you need to step away because you get frustrated and baby will cry and scream and etc but get yourself together so you don't take the frustration out on a baby that doesn't know