CIO is harmful?

[hopeandpray]

did anybody hear the research from Penelope Leach? she says that leaving babies to cry causes them stress and if they're left for over 30min it can cause a build up of stress chemicals that are bad for their brains?
i don't know what to make of this. i know that babies do experience loss of brain cells due to stress but being a baby is naturally stressful anyway
sorry for all the question marks i just don't want it to appear that i am stating her claims as fact, does anyone know if other doctors have researched this?

 

[anothersquish]

Why dont you do a google search to see if anyone has performed such studies.

 

[hopeandpray]

sorry, should i not have posted this? i just thought that some of you here say that you don't do this and thought you might have already done some research, i have tried look for information but it generally seems to come from sites which are biased

 

[anothersquish]

well its one of those topics that can get out of hand as people disgree about it. There are areas of research on it yes but I havent never looked into it as its not a method I would use anyway.

 

[Vickie]

I think there's a post in baby club? maybe regarding this with a link.....

 

[hopeandpray]

i found it! thanks vickie

 

[BabyHaines]

Apparently there has been a few newspaper reports that talk about this lately.
I haven't read any reports myself, so have no idea what the basis is/was for this or how they drew up this conclusion, but It's not something I'll choose to do. However, that is purely personal preference and just how I am. It's not to say that others are wrong, as I know a lot of people that have tried it (often on the Health Visitor's advice) and they say their lo's now sleep through.
I'm too much of a wimp!! George is picked up as soon as he cries...I couldn't handle 2 mins, let alone 30!!

And personally, I don't see much wrong in your post?? It's good to question these things - we're all different, with different lo's

 

[Kota]

Personally I don't need to see research showing its bad for their brains..

I've cried my self to sleep as an adult, its horrible and I know whats going on, I have a horrible nights sleep and wake up in the morning with a massive headache from the pressure the additional crying has put on my brain.

Why would I need a study to show that my baby would have the same physilogical reaction to crying themselves to sleep? and why would I ever want to put them through that?

Each to their own and all but its not something I would ever use.

 

[Rachel_C]

Personally I don't need to see research showing its bad for their brains..

I've cried my self to sleep as an adult, its horrible and I know whats going on, I have a horrible nights sleep and wake up in the morning with a massive headache from the pressure the additional crying has put on my brain.

Why would I need a study to show that my baby would have the same physilogical reaction to crying themselves to sleep? and why would I ever want to put them through that?

Each to their own and all but its not something I would ever use.

I agree with that. Whether or not it's damaging long term isn't the issue for me. I feel like it's damaging in the short term, both for Leyla's happiness and my own and for our relationship. That's enough for me