If you think letting a baby cry feels inhuman, you wont believe what you see yourself doing in a few years' time. Raising a happy, balanced kid requires you to do a lot of counter intuitive stuff. It's worth it though.
I don't agree with that at all. In fact, I think the opposite is true: as parents we should trust our intuition with our kids much more, instead of what "experts" and other people say is best for them.
A great book about parenthood (if you have older children too) is "Hold on to your Kids" by Gordon Neufeld. Highly recommended.
I love it that you say you eschew the experts, then go on to cite a parenting book.
I've never read a book on parenting, nor do I read magazine articles about it, or listen to the so-called 'experts'. I just observe when things I'm doing are having a negative effect, and have to curb my own behaviour sometimes. We're all human beings. Sometimes it's hard to overcome your own faults to raise a better kid.
> I love it that you say you eschew the experts, then go on to cite a parenting book.
I knew someone would say that :)
Hold on to your Kids is not a parenting book though. It is a book about parenthood. It is not a book about what to do with your kids (when they misbehave or otherwise), but about who to be for your kids.
