I am taking this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Christine, my beautiful daughter Eva is 7 weeks today. I really do not know much about AP, I am a first time mother and am basically making decisions as they come up. As a first time mother I am getting some rude reactions to some of the decisions I am making about my baby and am hoping to find some support.

My basic philosphy so far is that my baby comes first. When she cries it is my job to hold, nurse, change or comfort her until she is soothed. She is was too young to cry without someone comforting her. Everyone thinks I will spoil her, despite all the books saying it is not possible.

My husband has already suggested that at some point I will need to let her cry it out, he claims she is crying for no reason. I beleive there is a reason and it is up to us to figure it out and be there for her, even if her need is to be held and nothing more. People have suggested putting her in another room, giving her a bottle of water and just letting her cry as ways to help her sleep better. These all seem so wrong.

Please reassure me that I am not just an inexperienced naive mother with "crazy" ideas. I am getting sick of all the eyerolling and "you'll learn" comments I get when I tell people how I plan to raise my daughter.



Thanks.

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