This is repeated until the interval is twenty minutes and the baby is never left alone to cry longer than that. Most parents find that the baby will fall asleep within an hour the first night and after a shorter time the next night. Nighttime wakings are treated the same as bedtime. Other Options Many parents do not let their children cry and do not use the family bed. Some simply rock their babies and toddlers to sleep or give them a pacifier and have no problems with middle of the night wakings.
Some parents just tolerate the wakings until the child is older and able to communicate.
There is no unspoken parenting rule that your child must sleep a certain way at a certain time. It s up to you to decide how your family will deal with this issue. If you are looking for solutions, then first look at the problem. Then perhaps you need to feed more during the day and gradually lessen the amount given at night either by watering down the bottle or lessening the time breastfeeding. If you approach the problem systematically looking for a cause, you will eventually find a solution.