[Note: In other
posts on infant sleep listed below, my co-authors and I point out flaws in studies of sleep training.
Not exact matches
Where appropriate, I will refute mainstream parenting myths (e.g. that you must teach a baby to
sleep or they will never learn to
sleep) or demonstrate where some mainstream approaches could be dangerous (e.g. my recent
post highlighting Macall Gordon's work comparing CIO recommendations in
infant sleep books with actual research
on CIO).
Since I'll be talking about
infant and child
sleep today
on the Mom Hour at Heartbeat Radio, I thought this
post would be very fitting.
For the noble few who have dared stick with me through this
post which is quite clearly not much more than free therapy for me - this is my chief concern about Babywise: It's not the idea of scheduling (although I can not get
on board with cry - it - out
infant sleep training as part of that schedule), it's not the way orderliness and predictability are lauded and practically guaranteed, and it's not the sketchy breastfeeding advice / information.
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infant sleep support to families in Orangeville, Brampton, Mississauga and surrounding communities Frequency about 3
posts per month.