: About Me

"Trust vs. Mistrust". I heard it first in my high school psychology class. Erickson made a lot of sense to me at the time. But I wouldn't realize just how much sense for another ten years. I never liked the idea of letting a baby, any baby "Cry it out". It just felt wrong. But after my first child was born and was, at three months, still waking up every 2-3 hours during the night I found myself facing a lot of pressure. Friends, relatives, strangers on the street, even the check-out lady at Publix seemed to be certain that I was already "ruining" my little man by rushing in to soothe him w...