Sleep question

No

Nope! You can’t teach sleep- it’s a biological function!

No, but I do believe they need to be given the opportunity to develop self regulation skills (ie. using their hand to self sooth on their face, fussing for a little while etc.) … I don’t think letting a baby cry and cry is okay, but I personally don’t think picking a baby up as soon as they squeal is great either… there needs to be opportunities for littles to self soothe (with support) and over time they will build enough skill to be able to not only sleep but work through big feelings.

I agree with Amanda you need to allow them to figure it out. Just little by little stop how much you help get them to sleep. I did this first stopped feeding to sleep which had to be replaced by rocking and patting but I knew that would be easier to stop than the feeding so that’s why we picked it up. Then we stopped rocking and then stopped patting. I now can lay her down and she just drifts off. I’ve now started helping her with how she wakes up for the day because she used to wake up needing someone straight away and being very energetic as soon as she wakes up. Now I leave her for a few minutes it gives me a chance to go for a wee and things and she’s learned to slowly wake herself up. Everything happens with time x

No