To leave your baby to sleep in isolation and not have his cries answered teaches your child that the need for reassurance and love is a character flaw, and that life is a cold and lonely place. Babies then perceive that they can not trust the ones they love the most. They learn not to expect those they depend on to reciprocate with the same emotion and warmth they feel. By listening to our hearts, we can re-think how we are depriving our children from the nurturing that is vital to their existence. With a new perspective, we can more accurately see how Nature provides infants with crying to alert parents that they need something, everything from food to love.
Nature also provides babies with a natural sense of wonder to happily engage in learning.
Left to cry, babies are left traumatized. With no one responding to them, they shut down and shut out. Instinct is vital in caring for a child. We can not flow with Nature, because living in a modern society has overwhelmed us with choice. Today, life offers a multitude of selections in all facets of existence.