I helped raise my sibling’s young twins. One slept fine. The other wanted cuddles and would erupt in crying moments after being put down.

The hardest days were when they got a little older, and we were trying to accustom the cuddler to falling asleep alone. I’d bring the baby monitor to the basement and wait out the crying. It sucked, but there really is no other way.

Thank goodness his brother was able to sleep through it most of the time.