Well, my advice comes secondhand, from what my mother told me about brother and I.
Apparently she would come running whenever we went into tantrum or got upset, and stayed with us till we calmed down. She soon realized that we are very smart and kept crying because we wanted the attention. Her conclusion: let them cry and exhaust themselves to sleep.
It sounds callous, especially to a new mother with a young one. But soon, we learned that crying would get us nothing and slowly stopped.
The fact that he wakes up because of pain, most probably,.... I guess it's up to your judgment.
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Date: 2009-07-10 11:43 am (UTC)Apparently she would come running whenever we went into tantrum or got upset, and stayed with us till we calmed down.
She soon realized that we are very smart and kept crying because we wanted the attention.
Her conclusion: let them cry and exhaust themselves to sleep.
It sounds callous, especially to a new mother with a young one. But soon, we learned that crying would get us nothing and slowly stopped.
The fact that he wakes up because of pain, most probably,.... I guess it's up to your judgment.