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My wife and I did this. One tough night and three years later she still sleeps through the night reliably. We'll do it with our other baby once the doctor gives the ok. We also had a friend do it and she said it saved their household because their kids was waking up every twenty minutes. Sleep is so essential not just for the kid's development but also for the parents' functionality and temperament.
I don't understand folks who say it's harmful, unless they have some evidence to back it up. Because we definitely have evidence that inadequate sleep is pretty harmful.
I’m certain folks who say it’s harmful had their kids sleep at least 4hr through by the time they were 4mo and just don’t understand what deep sleep deprivation actually is or can’t empathize with it. I remember hearing Russian political opposition was making world news because the opposition leader was tortured by having the guards wake him up every hour. Here comes my kid waking up every 20 minutes… great why isn’t their world news about it?
There are also different “cry it out” methods. I can see how thinking that leaving your baby alone in the room for hours can be viewed as harmful. I thought so too. So I had my baby scream in my face for 4 hours. Still worked.