Let babies cry in night, mums told
BABIES should be left to cry at night – for their own good as well as that of their parents, it is claimed. Doctors say comforting could make them more irritable and their parents more prone to depression.
Psychologists at Philadelphia’s Temple University in the US studied more than 1,200 babies.
Put infants to bed at a regular time and allow them to fall asleep on their own
Professor Marsha Weinraub wrote in the journal Developmental Psychology: “Put infants to bed at a regular time and allow them to fall asleep on their own.”