Will Sleep Training Damage Your Relationship With Your Baby?
A lot of parents worry that sleep training will damage your relationship with your baby. But what does the evidence say?
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10 Signs It’s Time To Sleep Train
We do quite a few Personalized Sleep Plans® every week, but while we can give you the best of plans, it doesn’t mean anything if you and your baby are not ready for it. So how do you know it’s time to sleep train? Glad you asked! Below is a 10-point checklist designed to help …
From Skeptic to Believer: Meet Ali and Hear Her Sleep Coaching Story
Readers, meet Allison. Ali lives in Pennsylvania and is mom to little Noelle. Noelle was a great sleeper – that is, until the 4 month sleep regression hit! That’s when Ali contacted The Baby Sleep Site® for help. Here’s her story… The Baby Sleep Site: Ali, tell our readers a little bit about Noelle’s sleep …
How To Know If You’re Done Sleep Training
Starting sleep training is tough, but is the most important step you’ll take. Doing the sleep training is a lot of work, but it’s so worth it once you start seeing results! But finishing sleep training? Is it always clear when you are done sleep training? As surprising as it might seem, the answer is …
Gentle Sleep Training Explained + 5 Strategies
We talk a lot about sleep training on this blog… A LOT. And over the years, we’ve come to learn that while many of our readers are generally interested in sleep training, they are specifically interested in gentle sleep training. This makes sense, if you think about it. No parent is eager to hear their …
Ferber Method Sleep Training: Age to Use, Separation Anxiety, and Is It Harmful?
Sleep training, or teaching your baby healthy sleep habits, can be confusing and frustrating. One of the most popular sleep training methods is The Ferber Method, also known as Ferberizing or graduated extinction. This method involves letting your baby cry at increasingly longer intervals until they are sleeping better and taking longer naps. Here’s everything …
Why Sleep Training Failed: 3 Reasons Your Baby or Toddler Isn’t Sleeping Well After Sleep Training
Sleep training is work, yes, but it’s work with a purpose. As many of our clients would confirm, the payoff of sleep training – a peacefully-sleeping baby or toddler – is well-worth all the work involved in getting to that point. But what about those times when there is no payoff? What if you put …
Will Sleep Training Make Your Baby Inflexible?
When you are getting up a million times each night with a sleepless baby, and suffering through microscopically short naps, you probably feel like you would do anything (A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G.) to get your baby sleeping through the night and taking long, restful naps. But there are parents out there who are a little nervous about starting …
From Waking Every 2 Hours to Sleeping Through The Night! Hear Gerry’s Story
If you’ve been a Baby Sleep Site® reader for a while, then you’re probably familiar with our Family Features series. From time to time, we like to bring you in-depth stories of families who are sleeping peacefully now, thanks to our personalized sleep consulting plans. Well, to say the response was overwhelmingly positive would be …
