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Would you consider posting a walk-and-talk with Izzy?

It would be great to hear an example of a relaxed and mirthy conversation with you and her.

A walk-and-talk?

Interesting.

I mean, obviously, I'm not saying that you're suggesting this, but I wouldn't

record her without her permission. So, it's interesting. It's a thought. It's a thought. It's just that if we're just

having a walk-and-talk, then it probably will feel a bit odd if we were recording it for a show, but just

talking about self-s it. And if it was not, and of course course I wouldn't do it surreptitiously. So I don't know that that's going to happen, but it's an interesting idea. Hi, Steph. It says, this lady, a bit nervous with this one, but I've been sitting on it for a while. In a live stream, you mentioned that not responding to a crying baby is not healthy for that baby. You then provide the caveat that crying it out for sleeping is the exception to this rule and then gave an example about Izzy and her poor sleep and that it's okay to let a baby cry it out as the only exception to the rule and that Izzy is just fine and has no lasting health effects from it. I think this is a blind spot for you in a way that spanking is for many other people.

The research on crying it out for babies says that there are several potentially concerning

effects. One of them is increased cortisol which we know can impact brain development, IQ and

emotional regulation. Another, arguably more important issue is its potential effects on attachment.

There are two possible outcomes with crying it out.

One, the baby learns that when I cry, sometimes mom and dad come to save me, or two,

the baby learns that when I cry, no one comes to save me.

Number one causes an anxious attachment, and two, causes an avoidant attachment,

or some combination of the too insecure attachment types.

My issue with this is your narrative on it and not necessarily that you had to let Izzy cry it out.

From the way it sounds, Izzy was not willing to sleep unless you applied the cry-it-out tactic with her.

She needed sleep and that was more important than anything else and you took into account all of the variables and make the best choice for Izzy. My issue is actually your narrative on this as a whole as it relates

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