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Cry It Out For Naps? Here’s What You Need To Know

Last updated: May 30, 2022 by Emily DeJeu

When you are working on sleep, you generally want better nighttime sleep AND better naps. But can one method achieve both? Can the kind of sleep training method you choose work for nights but not for naps, or vice versa? Do you need to follow a separate set of sleep “rules” for naps than you …

Will Your Baby Be Spoiled If You Don’t Sleep Train?

Last updated: May 26, 2020 by Nicole Johnson, Founder and Lead Sleep Consultant

A client e-mailed me not too long ago concerned about what a co-worker told her about her baby. Her co-worker told her that if she didn’t sleep train and let her baby cry it out, her baby would grow up to be spoiled. She alluded to the fact that by the time he was 7 …

How Sleep Training Progress Looks

Last updated: May 26, 2020 by Nicole Johnson, Founder and Lead Sleep Consultant

When parents update me on their sleep training progress, sometimes it is a little frustrating for them if their baby has a good night one night, then a bad night and some back and forth. I thought it would be a good idea to talk about that in today’s post and why it happens. If …

Controlled Crying, Cry It Out, No-Cry, or Soothe Baby to Sleep?

Last updated: May 30, 2022 by Nicole Johnson, Founder and Lead Sleep Consultant

Controlled Crying. Cry it out. Don’t cry it out. Soothe your baby. Co-sleep. Don’t co-sleep. The advice is endless and talk to one expert, say your baby’s doctor, and she will say one thing. Talk to another one and he might say do the opposite. Read this book or that book and it’s likely to …

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