The Happy Sleeper: the science-backed guide to helping your baby get a good night’s sleep ― newborn to school age

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Think about the fact that your goal is not just a child who is functioning , but one who is optimally alert, creative, and balanced.

Your child stays up too late and you suspect he's not getting enough sleep, but you can't figure out how to get him into bed earlier. The sleep ladder is a great way to allow baby opportunities to explore how they can fall asleep on their own.Using these methods in a thoughtful, attuned, and loving way, parents transfer the role of soothing from themselves to the children. I don't expect that this means we have a perfect sleeper on our hands for all time, and we've had small regressions when she's teething or not feeling great, but honestly, just knowing that we can do this, and that D and I can eat dinner and talk about our day and then actually get some sleep, is worth it, even if everything changes in another couple of months.

We know how ready you are to move on from the exhausting early months and have your entire family sleep through the night. Before trying the method in this book, I had already worked on not feeding to sleep anymore - we rocked/held instead - so that it wasn't just me who could put her down.He gave the caveat that if you don’t stick with your sleep training method, you’re training your child to cry (they learn that x amount of crying will get them what they want and then they try to find x), so you have to be very firm with yourself.