Let baby cry non stop?

My baby is 7 weeks old. My hubby insist to let the baby cry non stop when the baby is cranky. Meaning diaper already change also feed the baby. My baby like to be hold, pat and walk around so she could fall aslp easily. My hubby said want to train the baby from young but I cant bear to see her keep crying non stop till cough and choke. My heart break but i cant do anything when I pumping my milk and my hubby is the one looking after her during this period of 30 to 45 mins. It is ok to let baby keep crying till she stop? I really afraid it will hurt her lungs for keep crying so badly :( Appreciate any kind advices. Thank you

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Research had shown that crying for less than 5 minutes helps to boost the lung capacity, however persistent crying for more than 5 minutes does not benefit the baby and instead exposed more harmful air bacteria to baby as they do not have nostrils hair to block off harmful/dirty bacteria. Hence, it would be recommended to slowly extend the time that help is given to the baby as he/she grows older. You can have a talk with your husband about it. As long as the baby is about a toddler age which means 1.5 years old then he/she is able to cry up to 45 minutes without causing any harm to the body. However, 7 weeks baby is far too young to cry for long hours.

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6y ago

Thank you for your advice. Do u have any articles on this research? I tried to Google didn't manage to locate it. I will show him so he cannot argue with me further. Thank you