Is It Okay to Let a Baby ‘Cry It Out’? [POLL]

There he is.

Mr. Crypants.

Well, he really isn't that bad. He's sensitive, like his dad, so he's prone to some fits and tantrums. However, most of the time, if he cries, it's because he's hungry or tired.

At night, I think that reason he cries is because he woke up, and he wants me or his mom to come and play with him.
He's coming up on six months of age, and my wife and I are debating whether or not we need to let him 'cry it out' at night. He goes to sleep just fine. However, he wakes a few times, anytime between two and six a.m. That's when we are considering allowing him to cry himself back to sleep.

We're not looking forward to it, but it may be needed. Did you have to do this with any of your children?