My brother and sister-in-law had a little girl last week and when I spoke to my brother Saturday a.m., I asked how she slept the night before. He said, "Well, we fed her and layed her down. She cried for a while, but eventually fell asleep." 
She was 3 days old at that point and they let her CIO. I was about in tears for that little girl... 3 days old and CIO! 
Obviously, they are not AP friendly. I know they look at me like I'm a crazy hippie... Anyway, just had to vent to likeminded people!
She was 3 days old at that point and they let her CIO. I was about in tears for that little girl... 3 days old and CIO! Obviously, they are not AP friendly. I know they look at me like I'm a crazy hippie... Anyway, just had to vent to likeminded people!
seriously, i'm sorry that someone close to you is choosing this path. it is hard to watch, i know. my brother is the same way w/their children. 
NVC! the problem in this particular situation for me is, i only see my brothers once/year and that is the only time we speak (not for lack of trying on my end), i hear all the awful stories from my mom. so it's not like at christmas, i could say, hey, how've you been all year? i hear you've been letting your LO CIO. (in an NVC way, of course). i think our relationship has a lot of growing to do before we could get to that place. i have mentioned things like, i'm really busy w/API and when i get the "what's that" i hand them my card.
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