Do you really need to teach your baby to self-soothe in order to get more sleep? Short answer is no! No you do not! The sleep training world, including books you read, various sleep trainers you follow on social media, outdated research and sometimes even your pediatrician, claim that sleep training teaches the skill of self soothing to fall asleep independently, and that you must teach your baby to self-soothe if you want them to fall asleep and stay asleep during the night. Learn why this is false inside the blog, and how to support your little one to self-settle and down-regulate.
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You weren’t meant to travel the postpartum time alone....
We spend all this time preparing for birth. Once we give birth, we are handed our baby and sent on our merry way. We are essentially left to figure everything out on our own!
There is little wonder that new mothers, many of whom have little or no experience with babies or children, are often physically exhausted and emotionally depleted. They may find themselves easily anxious and confused about ‘doing what is right’.
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