一個月前Febie寫了篇blog叫做「睡覺作戰計畫」,說明我們決定,是跟Kaya分床睡的時候到了,然後開始試著往後退空出機會讓Kaya能學著在自己的床上靠自己的力量入眠。這篇blog引來一位顯然非常體貼寶寶的媽咪留言,語氣中帶著指責的意思如下:
Why "cry
it out" become a model for parents? So we admire those who can be
"cruel" to let such a young child of several months to cry, to learn
there's no one to help and this is how the world operate. Sorry – I
can't help but think this is really a twisted logic. I know such
comment arose discomfort, but as a mother of a 11 months old, and I
haven't slept more than 3 hours uninterrupted, I can't see why we have
to praise those who practise "cry it out".
Febie- I've been reading this blog since you gave birth, I think you're
a great mom, please re-consider whether you really sure this is the
right way…
這位強調「愛心」的媽咪自己也透漏了,她每天從未好好睡上三小時只睡三小時不到的「犧牲」,我想她是想藉此來強調她的「母愛」,然後對比要我們重新想想這真的是「正確」(right)的育兒方式嗎?但在我看來,這位媽咪的辛苦剛好點出了「再這樣下去不行」的理由之一,這母親說看不出調整親子互動的理由,我想她只是沒有好好用溫柔的眼睛看看自己,她對自己,是殘酷的(cruel)。而且她認為「正確」的方式(撇開right的道德暗示),就算價值正確好了,起碼也是無效率的,甚至於,我想提醒,對小孩也是殘酷的。
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