This is definitely scheduled feeding and cry it out. The American Academy of pediatrics actually came out with a statement against these techniques and others that are in the book called BabyWise. They state that these techniques can lead to poor outcomes in infants such as dehydration and failure to thrive. Baby is way too young to sleep through the night yet. That doctor is giving old non-evidence-based information.  
      Our first developmental stage as humans according to Erick Erickson is Trust versus mistrust. This is from birth to 18 months of age and the main event a child is concerned with in this age is feeding. Breast-feeding is more than just for food and nourishment is also for comfort and communication about babies environment and helps baby process emotionally. Babies left to cry it out have been shown to have higher cortisol levels, more stress, anxiety and learning disabilities as they get older. 
      People will say "I lived through it and I am fine "but that is a one case study. There are plenty of other studies that show there are long-term effects of cry it out. 
       Plus the fact that mothers milk supply can go down from baby not feeding in the night and baby's weight gain could be affected if they are not ready to drop night feeds. 

Christi L. Braun BSN RN IBCLC

> On Jun 14, 2014, at 9:32 AM, BRENDA MCCREA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> A patient had an infant born with a weight of 6-15. The infant is 3.75 months old and now weighs 15-4. The baby is breastfed and sleeps up to 6 hours at night.
> Her family doctor informed her to start night training as the baby could sleep up to 12 hours at night. So the mother was advised when her baby wakes up to just let him cry and not breastfed him. 
> Has anyone heard of this as I feel this is like scheduled feeding?
> Thank you
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