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Once kids are of a certain age (for our first it was around 8 months) it is appropriate to let them cry themselves to sleep until they learn to do it without the fuss. But my Mum also had a problem with the whole concept and if she baby sat she wouldn't let the crying go on. I had to remind her that my brother didn't sleep through the night until he was 5 YEARS OLD because she kept running in every time he stirred. I might have gone the same way but when I was 2, my Mum ended up in hospital for a week and my Dad had to take care of me. Suffice to say, he never ran in to see me at 2 AM and by the end of the week I was sleeping through the night!
So, in my long experience, you're doing the right thing and your mother is reacting like a great many grandmothers would.
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Si vis pacem parabellum.
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