By Betsy Stein
You can put to rest any concerns you might have that certain methods of letting an infant “cry it out” might cause the child long-lasting psychological harm. A new study released recently by the American Academy of Pediatrics says it doesn’t.
The study titled “Five-Year Follow-up of Harms and Benefits of Behavioral Infant Sleep Intervention: Randomized Trial” concluded that behavioral sleep techniques have no marked long-lasting effects (positive or negative) on the child or mother-child relationship.
