From the moment we are born, we cry. It is our announcement to the world that we have arrived. That we are alive. And it is rejoiced.

But no one lets a baby cry for too long. Not even when their cries mark a moment to be celebrated. A baby's cries are muted by the gentle rocking of another human being, the warmth of skin to skin contact, perhaps while feeding at their mother's breast. Soon, the cries are soothed.

At first, without words to express hunger or tiredness or discomfort, a parent intimately comes to know the different cries, perhaps indiscernible to others. Every effort is made to calm the tears - signs of distress - as soon as possible. This is why adhering to the "let your child cry himself to sleep" approach is so difficult, if not impossible for most, because it goes against our instincts...

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