Baby talk helps kids learn but you should never put sugar on a dummy — experts unpick divisive parenting advice
Baby talk helps kids learn but you should never put sugar on a dummy — experts unpick divisive parenting advice NewsColony FOR many parents, the thought of leaving their howling infant to “cry it out” does not bear thinking about. But that could be just what they should do. 6 The idea of letting your baby ‘cry it out’ would horrify some parents, but new research suggests it could actually be good for them Credit: Getty A study by researchers at the University of Warwick found babies occasionally left to cry will do so for less time than other babies by the age of 18 months. That goes against “attachment theory”, which says leaving tots to cry makes them insecure and can harm their bonding with parents. Babies left to cry in the first six months were no clingier and no more likely to show behavioural problems. Lynsey Hope here looks at the evidence for and against other parenting issues that divide opinion, and writes about how she learnt to leave her own babies to cry it o...