When you hear a crying baby what do you do? A New York mother called the police. She said she heard the baby crying in her stroller and was worried. However, it turns out the baby was being “sleep trained.”
The nanny caring for the baby told the concerned woman that the parent’s wanted her to cry-it-out. Instead of being understanding, the woman accused the nanny and parents of neglect and called the cops. By the time they arrived, the baby was asleep.
The baby’s mother said, “My daughter has a strong set of lungs, and she sometimes cries when she’s put down to nap, as I imagine many kids do…Since we did sleep training with her when she was very young, we’re fine with that.”
The mother responded on a neighborhood listserv: “While I appreciate that parents in the neighborhood are keeping a watchful eye while some of us are working, let’s remember that getting the police involved is a serious decision and one that should be reserved for obvious cases of neglect/abuse, not merely situations that exemplify child-rearing styles different than one’s own.”
