I agree Alphaghetti ... I cannot do the crying either not with a 'wee one' - now a tantruming angry toddler who thinks they 'need' a donut in between meal times and is ticked cause they got a no that is something totally different .... but infants without language have no other way to communicate than CRYING and infants do not have the cognitive ability to 'manipulate' us

I have 'wore' children in my daycare only cause I needed my hands and the child needed that comfort in the beginning but eventually my goal is to have them be 'independent and resilient' and we get there - and without my poor soul being broken or theirs from listening to them 'cry'