Babies are the scourge of the earth? I'd be interested in how you expect humanity to procreate...

There are more than enough people reproducing for some people to hate babies. Chill.

I only like 2 babies right now. My 4 yr old brother in law and my 6 month old niece. Any other children annoy the hell out of me unless they're very considerate and adorable. Most are shit eating, disease carrying, shrieking banshees. Those don't make for a good and productive society.

I kind of depends on their age. Up until a certain age, a kid cries because it needs something, nothing else. The 'let them cry it out' doesn't work at that age. The child seeks food, comfort or something else and won't stop crying until they get it.

Four months is that age. It's generally when sleep training is recommended. Four month olds are starting to notice crying=attention and will cry when they want attention (which is all fine and dandy when it's not bedtime). At four months old, my daughter figured out if she coughed, mom and dad dropped everything and came to her. So she fake coughed. A lot. We had to learn to watch her for a second to make sure she wasn't in distress, and ignore the fake coughs, to show her that it wasn't okay. It took about a week and she was on to something else.

I'm not a parent, but I remember my mom telling us about how she had to just let my twin and me cry for a few nights and then we quieted down. Four months seems like the right age to start. It seems like OP needs to have an adult conversation with them rather than avoid the situation or make it worse by calling the cops.

Just because your method worked doesn't mean that everyone else's chosen method is automatically wrong. Your post comes across as rude, narrow-minded and intolerant.

Actually #69, that narrow and intolerant comment you're bashing can be backed by not only behavioral studies, MRIs, heart scans, body scans, brain chemical levels, etc., but also by basic common sense. What can yours be backed by again? Oh right. Nothing.

Guilty. I am pretty intolerant of child neglect and abuse. I'm sorry my opinion offends you.

So you picked your kids up ANY time they cried? I've been around babies, I've watched a little baby cry just to be held. And no, he wasn't neglected. His mother just couldn't hold him constantly considering she had to also tend to a 1 and a half year old sister. He often even cried if his dad was holding him because he wanted mom. They shouldn't be letting it go on for such a long time, but ignorantly tossing those who don't jump at the baby's every cry in with neglectful parents is stupid.

Couldn't agree with you more. If you think it's a nuisance when your child needs comfort perhaps you should consider getting a cat instead of having children.

That is ridiculous. The parents are definitely not obligated to do that. They are probably already so busy trying to stay above water with the kid and whatever else is going on. That is just dumb, all it takes is a little understanding from those around them, also if they want to avoid all children, they should go live in an adult only building.

Housing is painfully expensive in Canada. So yes, I am more understanding. Also I have family and friends who have children. You are also very young, I doubt you've really looked into how much housing and childcare cost.

I agree that the parents should make an effort to apologize to their neighbors, and I'm more the old enough to know the cost of housing and child care. Even just a note "we're sorry for the noise please bare with us while we sleep train our child" would make MOST neighbors more understanding. On a side note, I don't have any kids because we decided to have a house before having kids so that we wouldn't be the people like OPs neighbors.

Exactly, I have put my son down because he wouldn't stop crying and I was getting frustrated. It's what you're supposed to do. I doubt they want to send their child away either and I doubt grandparents want a child that small in their house over night yet. I exclusively breastfeed and I know for a fact that I wouldn't be able to pump every week to send my child to someone's house for a couple of nights. Show some compassion, as a mother I know how hard it can be. I was blessed with a rather easy baby who can have his moments every once and a while but some parents have colicky babies are that won't stop crying and are INCONSOLABLE. That is what colic is! Grow up and let them deal with their child, you have no right to tell them how to parent. I do not believe in the CIO method but I believe that you should never tell someone else how to parent.