For decades bleary-eyed parents had just two options for handling their child’s sleep problems: “cry-it-out" or make the best of the situation whilst waiting to see if their baby would become a better sleeper with time (i.e. "Wait-It-Out"). In recent years, and with the introduction of gentler strategies, baby sleep and how to save it has become much less “all or nothing!” Yet, many parents are still under the impression that teaching their baby to sleep well has to involve hours of crying,
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5 Reasons Sleep Training Might Not Be Working
Whether you decided to “dive right in” and begin sleep training after a particularly exhausting night or you spent weeks planning your approach to sleep training, sometimes sleep training just.doesn’t.work! What in the world is wrong!? We’ve worked with tens of thousands of families from around the globe and through this experience we’ve discovered: The Top 5 Reasons Sleep Training Might Not Be Working Without further ado, here they are: 1. You’re missing your baby’s Goldilock’s
Will Sleep Training Damage Your Relationship With Your Baby?
Sleep training your baby can produce lots of emotions: frustration at the pace of sleep coaching, elation at the prospect of a full-night’s sleep, anxiety over the sleep training method…it’s an emotional roller coaster, man! But does sleep training damage your relationship with your baby? Recently, we turned to some of our valued clients who have recently finished sleep coaching their little ones, and we asked them to share their reflections about the sleep coaching process. Some
7 Tips To Finding The Right Baby or Toddler Sleep Consultant
Here’s a familiar scenario: It’s 2 a.m. and you hear your little one crying out for you… again. You’re out of bed and in her room, soothing her back to sleep. This is the 15th night in a row. You’ve tried everything, but nothing you do is earning you or your baby a full night of rest. How are you ever going to get through yet another day of work on just a few hours of sleep?? Sound familiar? If so, then it might finally be time to hire a baby/toddler sleep consultant to make your life
Traveling With Your Baby or Toddler: 10 Tips
Holiday travel season is upon us here in the U.S.! And, if you're like most, you probably have holiday travel plans of your own that involve driving or flying to see family and friends. But while you are no doubt able to acclimate to long drives or long flights, your baby or toddler may be far less accommodating! So how are you supposed to travel with your baby or toddler and retain your sanity? Keep reading for our top tips! Traveling With Your Baby or Toddler: 10 Tips from The Baby Sleep
Sleep When The Baby Sleeps? YEAH RIGHT
If you're a parent, then odds are you have heard this little gem more than a few times from well-meaning advice-givers: "Sleep when the baby sleeps." It's the cute, pat little advice that new moms often hear at baby showers. The idea here is that, if you sleep when the baby sleeps, you end up getting enough sleep to get by without having to suffer through serious sleep deprivation. Sleep when the baby sleeps? HA HA HA YEAH RIGHT. In our opinions here at The Baby Sleep Site®, this is some
The Accidental Co-Sleeper: 5 Key Facts
Let's face it: accidental co-sleeping is real! You know the kind of co-sleeping I'm talking about, right? The kind of co-sleeping that you never really planned on, but that just kind of happens on its own? The kind of co-sleeping where you put your child to sleep in her own bed, only to find her in YOUR bed a few hours later? Yep. That kind of accidental co-sleeping. Sure, plenty of parents co-sleep intentionally, out of a desire to practice attachment parenting principles. But based on
6 Strategies for Sleep Training As A Working Parent
If sleep training is tough for work-at-home moms, then it's even tougher for full-time working-outside-the-home moms. When you have to be up by 6 a.m. and out the door by 7:30 -- and when you don't get home until after 5 p.m. -- there is very little room in your day to allow for the kind of cross-eyed exhaustion that sleep training can cause! That said, working parents absolutely CAN sleep train successfully (many of our happy clients would attest to that!); it's just that working moms need
Forget CIO; Why Not Try FIO?
CIO, or cry it out, is a controversial subject and one that has been dividing parents for at least 2 decades. But in the opinion of our expert sleep consultants, the larger problem with CIO is that some parents assume ALL sleep training is CIO; they assume that sleep training is just letting your baby cry until he/she stops waking up at night and stops waking early from naps. Cry It Out Is Not Sleep Training You can imagine how frustrating it is for our team to combat this misconception.