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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Is Sleep Training Selfish? Well, Yes…And No
Okay, parents, let's just get it right out in the open. It's the elephant in the room for many of our consultation clients, but we think it's high time we addressed it here on the blog, and talked about it openly. We're talking about sleep training guilt. Have you felt this? Does the idea of sleep training in order to achieve hours of glorious, uninterrupted night sleep and long, peaceful naps sound wonderful to you? But maybe it's also tainted by a weird, lingering feeling of guilt,
