Sesi Tanya Pakar bersama Puan Wing Yan Ho, Konsultan Tidur Bayi & Kanak-kanak

Crying It Out usually means leaving baby in the room to cry alone till baby sleeps, that would be the most extreme way of training, but may also be the fastest for results. There are many other ways to teach a child to pick up the self-soothing strategies, and it doesn’t have to be using Crying It Out, there are many more gentle strategies. However, even the most gentlest strategies sometimes would still result in some baby crying, as you are trying to break a sleep association, making changes to baby’s sleep habits and baby is protesting the change. They can only cry to communicate that they don’t like the change. Hence it’s important that you explain to your family members the reason your baby is crying, and all the crying/ protest should only be temporary and will reduce once your baby can self-settle.