Babies are allowed to cry too long, the brain can damage

London, when the new baby starts crying, there are parents who sometimes let him first and then help him. But babies who are often left to cry for too long can have problems in developing brains. Penelope Leach, a child health expert found that depressed infants repeatedly and left to cry long risk of developing problems later in life.

Studies prove that infant brains left to cry for a long time, at risk of damage in its development, which may reduce its capacity for learning.

"This is not just an opinion, but a fact that letting a baby cry potentially damaging his brain. So why should take a risk like that?" Leach said, as quoted from the Independent, Friday (23/04/2010).

What is disclosed by Leach was sparked controversy with a teacher Gina Ford who strictly apply the method to let the baby cry for 20 minutes.

Gina advise new parents to let their babies cry for the baby getting mental learning to sleep on its own.

"A baby who was too old to cry will eventually stop. This is not because he has learned to sleep alone, but because he was exhausted and had been desperate to get help," said Leach.

But Lech has argued that crying is the only way to give a signal when the baby feel uncomfortable or pressured.

If the baby cried harder to show he is stressed, and that acute stress can cause hormonal chain reaction that ultimately can stimulate the adrenal glands to release stress hormones.

According Lech, if this incident continues then it could generate a lot of stress hormones that can damage a baby's brain.

"This does not mean that babies should not cry or parents be concerned if all the babies crying. Because not bad for a baby to cry, but crying is not getting respons which could adversely affect," said Lech.

It is shared by Anastasia Baker, a director of Night Nanny reveals there's nothing wrong to leave babies to cry for several minutes. But the problem is that if parents let their babies cry too long until the baby fell asleep.

"Clearly no one advocated for leaving the baby crying in a long time. But I think you can leave the baby a few minutes and came to comfort him. These results have shown that by using this technique can help overcome sleep problems in children, and has a very positive effect on family life, "said Mandy Gurney, founder of the Millpond Sleep Clinic.

So if you hear your baby cry, better not let her cry for too long. Because this can affect brain development due to the stress hormone produced too high.