How to sleep train your baby: Rachael Finlay of Little Baby Sleep Co. helped my baby sleep through the night in 3 days
February 19, 2023 - 19:28 GMT Ainhoa Barcelona Mention the words 'sleep training' in any parenting or caregiving circle and just about everyone will have an opinion. It's a controversial and taboo subject and understandably so.
"In my opinion independent sleep, which is the goal of sleep training, is one of the best skills you can give your baby," says Rachael. "Everyone gets more sleep because your baby has the newfound freedom to fall asleep independently and fall back to sleep if they wake mid nap or during the night and aren't due a feed."
"You might know it as the four-month sleep regression and it's often when sleep associations become a catch 22," says Rachael."From now on your baby, just like you, will subconsciously wake up at the end of each sleep cycle and check that everything is still the same as when they fell asleep before drifting into the next sleep cycle.
It's also worth noting that grizzling is a good sign!"Lots of babies will grizzle for five to ten minutes while they are assisted to sleep, so if your baby is grizzling in the cot this is a very good sign that they don't need further support from you to drift off," says Rachael."It's important to recognise when to back off and give your baby space to settle and when they need more help calming down.
She also set out a nap and feeding routine for my baby to follow, but provided simple adjustments when naps didn't go quite according to plan. Essentially, it was about making sure my baby got the right structure of day sleep to make it easier to self settle at night, and also ensuring she'd had the bulk of her calories during the day, so she wouldn't be waking to feed every two hours.Another big change Rachael made was to my baby's sleep environment.
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