Sleep Training - Cry it out method

Just curious if anyone sleep trained their baby using the cry it out (full extinction) method when they were old enough? How hard was it and when did you start seeing the results? How old was your baby when you tried this?

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The cry it out method is extremely harmful. Sleep training with the ferber method is must more beneficial and not harmful

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I wouldn't dream of using it. It's basically teaching your child that you aren't gonna meet their needs so they stop crying for you.

You respond to their cries in the day and if you didn't it would be abuse. It's the same at night time.

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