The biggest factor in differentiating between day and night is exposure to light. This is what sets an infant’s circadian rhythm, which begins to develop around six weeks of age and is usually set between three and six months (Yates, 2018). Darkness at night supports consolidates sleep, and exposure to light can interfere with this.
There are a lot of challenges with modern day sleep training. But, as someone who advocates for sleep solutions that do not include the ‘traditional’ methods, you might be surprised to hear me say that the biggest challenge with sleep training is not the crying in and of itself. Instead, the biggest problems with sleep training areย
There was a point in time when I would live and die on wake windows. Or, at least I tried to. You see, sleep trainers promote wake windows as an exact science. You can follow a perfectly curated, handy chart, and just like that, your baby’s sleep will miraculously improve. โจ ๐๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โจ ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ […]
Hard truth: Some of the information presented by the sleep training industry sounds so logical, that at one point in time, I even believed it myself. The problem is, much of it is based on just nothing at all. Take this little doozy, about the ‘crutch’ you’re creating by supporting your child at bedtime. The […]
When I was a first time mom, the parenting landscape looked a lot different than it does today. Responsive parenting was not mainstream, and there was a lot of pressure to follow certain ‘rules’. When my baby was 6 months old, we did the only thing we were told we could do about our โsleep […]
If youโve worried about whether your newborn needs to be on a schedule, youโve probably come across the most commonly recommended schedule: the infamous โeat, play, sleepโ, or EASY (eat, awake time, sleep, you time) routine. This typically fits best if you already have an easygoing (no pun intended!) baby, who likely would have fallen […]
If you can believe it, these words actually came out of someoneโs mouth ๐ฑ It wonโt surprise you that this golden tidbit ๐came from the sleep trainer we used, during a takeover on an account I follow. Skipping your sunscreen once isnโt ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐ช๐จ, but it may have undesirable side effects. Drinking and cutting your own […]
If youโve been here a while, you already know that when my oldest was a baby, we sleep trained her. We had no idea that we had any other option other than to be โgood parentsโ and sleep train, or โbad parentsโ and let things go without โteachingโ our daughter to sleep. As โgood parentsโ, […]
Are you feeling confused about all the different options when it comes to sleep methods? If so, you’re not alone. The sleep training industry has seen a shift, where parents are expecting more responsive techniques. Clever marketing tactics are being used to position the same old sleep training as new and fresh, and one common […]
Being a parent is wonderful and rewarding and beautifulโฆ but it can also sometimes be a downright sh!tshow. I had a conversation this morning with a client about the fact that all she hears about from her friends are the babies who sleep well. The parents who seemed like they had it all figured out […]
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