While I am against most forms of 'sleep training' that are mainstream....because there is such a big body of evidence of the harm it does, especially under 6 months, I acknowledge that it happens, and it happens everywhere. With that I wanted to explain some reasons why people do it (as obvious as it may seem to some it's important to point out as we may all feel the pressure to): 1 - It's 'normal' in many 'developed' countries as a practice, even advocated by some healthcare