The latest research on
baby sleep training intervention shows that it has both short - term (baby and parents getting some sleep) and long - term (reduced maternal depression) benefits, but no long - term harms.
Not exact matches
When women receive the message that they must meet a certain standard (unmedicated childbirth, exclusive breastfeeding, co-sleeping, 24/7
baby wearing, etc.) in order to be a good mother or that things like childbirth
interventions, formula, and
sleep training are actually harmful to their
babies, it sets them up for exhaustion, isolation, and feelings of failure.
Besides, clinical studies have shown that
baby sleep training works: 50 - 80 % of
interventions result in a clinically significant improvement in
baby sleep patterns.
Most
sleep training research studies whether an
intervention is effective at shutting down the
baby so parents get more
sleep.
It proposed the idea that infant
sleep is as individual as the
baby and
sleep training is an inappropriate
intervention for something that is only a «problem» due to culture and society.
If you are considering teaching your
baby or child healthy new
sleep habits, so that they can independently fall asleep and connect from one
sleep cycle to the next throughout the night, and without your
intervention or engagement, then it's likely you're feeling a bit overwhelmed or confused by the different
sleep training «methods» available to you, or even what they mean, in terms of marketing their approaches.