this is great anon, until the baby is a year old and you're tired of getting headbutt in the chin and kicked in the stomach or balls. then because they're so used to sleeping with you, it will be more difficult to get them to sleep alone good for the first few months though, 100% cosleep should be recommendation   it's not called cry therapy, and your mom sounds insane for doing that to a 3 month old   it takes maybe 3 days for them to adapt to this, and it 100% lets them develop self-soothing (or coping, if it makes you feel better) measures for getting to sleep. it might take a little longer if they're quite old and can remember sleeping with you instead vs around 5-6 months when they don't have those memories. if your baby is crying their head off every time they go to sleep for more than a week, then you need to get them checked out because their is something else wrong. like this anon says     lots of parents can really suffer if they can't get the sleep they need. on top of all this, a routine is the most important thing for getting your child to bed. not necessarily a bedtime routine, but rather a consistent time of going to sleep and waking up. they develop hormone cycles for sleeping just like older children, so being consistent is incredibly important.
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