Lengthening the list of your baby's
sleep crutches just means more work later one.
Not exact matches
P.s. I don't find that babies
just «outgrow» their
sleep crutches without some
sleep shaping and direction from the parent.
So, no, you don't «have» to
sleep coach, but believe me when I tell you that there's such a marked difference between a well - rested, well - napped baby and one who has
sleep issues (or
just bad
sleep habits or what I like to call
sleep crutches).
But once I realized the co-sleeping was leading to a boob - in - the - mouth - like - a-pacifier
sleep crutch, I sacked up and moved them to their cribs so I could distinguish between the «I'm actually hungry and need to eat» wakings from the «I'm
just awake and need to learn to self soothe» ones.
Don't stress about
sleep crutches right now -
just do what works, as suggested in this http://www.sleeplady.com/baby-
sleep/simple-ways-nurture-good-
sleep-patterns-newborn-baby/, and hang in there.
I
just can't seem to get her to go back to
sleep in the am unless we pat her to
sleep (we don't do that anymore because it had become a
sleep crutch) and she has yet to go back to
sleep on her own... she gets up once a night at 1ish for a quick meal and gets put back in her crib awake.
I
just want to make sure that in the past you weren't maybe rocking her too much and now that
sleep crutch is wearing off and she needs you to rock her more because she doesn't know how to get to
sleep by herself unless you rock her into a drowsier state.
Try not to throw out all your gains and try not to rely on whatever
sleep crutch you've
just eliminated.
I would urge you to resist lying down with her (once you've stopped co-sleeping in her room), as that may end up creating a
sleep crutch that you'll
just have to modify later.
Go to his cribside to check on him and make sure all is well —
just be sure not to restart an old
sleep crutch during this check.