When a baby's cries wake parents in the night, should the child be left to "self-soothe" before offering comfort? The "cry-it-out" method is the subject of intense debate. Temple researchers have published a study suggesting that a majority of infants over the age of 6 months may best be left to fall back to sleep on their own. "Because the mothers in our study described infants with many awakenings per week as creating problems for themselves and other family members, parents might be encouraged to establish more nuanced and carefully targeted routines to help babies with self-soothing and to seek occasional respite," said psychologist Marsha Weinraub, the study's lead author.