Don’t listen to someone trying to sell you something or make money off of you – I have nothing to gain from posting this except concern over this country’s youth.įirst of all, thank you for taking the time to comment. Our babies need us, and they are only this little for a short time. You probably use the bathroom or drink a sip of water at the least. Do you as an adult sleep 12 straight hours every night? Of course not. Do we have hiccups or periods where my child is more wakeful? Sure. I never sleep trained and my baby began sleeping through the night around 10 months. The nights my baby falls asleep independently we have no less wake ups than when I nurse or rock to sleep. The lie that your baby doesn’t know how to self soothe without your help to get through the night is bs. With so many innocent babies left to cry until they vomit, no wonder rates of mental illness, depression, anxiety in teens and adults are through the roof. Moms, “sleep training” is an invention of our overworked society that allows mothers very little maternity leave and encourages putting tiny babies in daycare so moms can get back to the office. And cleaning up a baby who is so distraught they just vomited without comforting (and allowing this to happen in the first place) is horrific and constitutes as abuse in my opinion. Each to their own!ĭo not listen to this person trying to sell you sleep consultations/training/bs. Don’t criticise people you know nothing about. If the advice isn’t good for you, just jog off. Some people here are so quick to judge, as if they know every mum and every baby on the planet. Now some of you will say this was neglect or child abuse… but before that, we were spending 2 hours holding her and rocking and singing and going crazy every night, I used to cry with her! So which one do you think is best? 2 hours of inconsolable crying while holding her, or 40 minutes of crying alone in the cot, which only happened a couple of times anyway and now she sleeps well? We did it progressively from 5 minutes to 40 minutes (which was her maximum) and it worked. It took us less than 1 week and she now goes to bed with no crying or rarely with about 2-3 minutes of crying. But I did sleep train my baby around 6 months and when she was 6.5 months I left her to cry for the first time. I have no horse in this race as I haven’t used this website for sleep training, I came here looking for advice on this specific sleep regression. Not everyone needs to repeat sleep training from scratch. Sarah, you’re incorrect on (at least some of) your assumptions here. If you would like more age-appropriate guidance on your baby’s naps or nighttime sleep, sign up for my newsletter! Within a few weeks’ time, baby will return to napping twice each day. If you are certain your child is 100% healthy and safe, and that you cannot identify any reason they are not sleeping well, typically the best course of action is to simply give your child the time and space to work through what they are feeling. It’s very important to remain consistent even during periods of regressions. Within a few weeks, nearly all babies will realize they are tired, that you are not returning for quite some time, and that they’d rather sleep. I would caution against moving bedtime any more than 30 minutes earlier as that will then trigger early morning waking. You’ll want to be extremely careful they do not fall asleep, or even become drowsy, anytime before bedtime. (Even if they are unwilling to do so.) My recommendation to clients in this situation is always the same… Put baby down for an hour, and if they don’t sleep, get them up and move on with the day. Children in this age group most certainly need to sleep twice a day. But in reality, your child will fight their nap if they want to.ĭespite the fact that it may seem like they are ready for one nap, they are not. You can try to move baby’s nap about 30 minutes later. The silver lining? You aren’t doing anything to cause it! But you also can’t do anything to fix it. You can’t do anything to address the issue except allowing the regression to run its course. Because the good news about how to deal with this regression is the same as the bad news. Want the good news, or the bad news first? Well, I’ll give you both at the same time. How to Deal With It? And Why it’s Not Time for One Nap They are beginning to understand their ability to protest what is happening, and express these feelings and emotions. As babies grow older, they start to realize their preferences more and more. Because they are still taking a morning nap, they typically have enough stamina to fight the second nap. They’d rather be awake with their caretaker. I believe this regression occurs because around this age, babies tend to realize that they’re simply not interested in sleeping.
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