When your baby isn't sleeping well,
whether it be in the daytime or in the nighttime,
it can take a huge toll on your baby as well as you.
If your baby isn't sleeping well,
then nobody is probably sleeping very well
in your whole house.
It can be really frustrating and hard
to get any sleep and any break.
So in this video, I'm gonna talk to you
about sleep training and is there any ways
of sleep training your baby without needing to cry it out?
By the end of the video, I hope you'll understand
how there are many different ways of sleep training a baby
to be able to sleep really well
without needing to cry it out.
Today's question is,
"How do I sleep train my baby without cry it out?"
Hi, I'm Amanda, co-founder of Little Ones.
I'm a pediatric sleep specialist,
and I'm certified in pediatric sleep consulting.
I'm also a mother to two beautiful little girls.
Little Ones is a company that specializes
in sleep and toddler nutrition programs
through our comprehensive online Sleep Programs
found at littleones.co.
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where our certified sleep consultants are able
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So, is there a way of sleep training a baby
without using cry it out?
And the short answer is yes.
Cry it out is an olden-day method
that we would have put your baby into a bed
or into their room for their nap
and not come back until they have finished their nap time.
This is a very old archaic method.
We don't have to use that at all, there are many other ways.
The first thing we need to work out though is
what your parenting style is.
Are you happy with a little bit of protest grizzling
while your baby learns a new skill?
Are you not happy with any grizzling?
Are you happy to let your baby grizzle but leave the room?
Or are you happy to let your baby grizzle
and stay by their side or just no crying at all?
That is probably the most important thing to work out.
First is what your parenting style is.
So once you've worked out what your parenting style is,
we have seven different methods of sleep training a baby
to be able to sleep better
and learn to fall asleep independently.
However, we would only recommend sleep training a baby
if you have done everything else first
to make sure that your baby is sleeping
at the optimal times,
they have the optimal awake times and windows,
they are sleeping in the optimal environment,
and if you have a baby that is older
than four to six months old.
Below this, there is no real actual proper sleep training
really required, it is just more
on setting up good sleep environments,
making sure that your baby is sleeping
at the right times and the right nap lengths.
So prior to four to six months old,
we look at the daytime first,
make sure that your baby is sleeping perfectly well
and in the right environment
and sleeping at the most optimal times
to get really nice, consolidated nighttime sleep.
And then if that all works out well,
then you may not ever have to sleep train your baby.
If you've got to the point where
you need to sleep train your baby,
and they need to learn to fall asleep without needing you,
then we have multiple different methods of being able
to teach them how to go to sleep independently,
such as for example, we have touch to soothe method,
where you would touch and talk to your baby in their beds
whilst they learn the new skill of going to sleep.
We also have apparent presence method,
where you are able to adapt and change the method
as you see fit, with still working towards letting
your baby learn to fall asleep independently.
But as I said, the first and most important thing is that
we work on the baby's nap times and nap lengths,
and make sure that they are optimally tired
and ready for sleep in the first place,
because no matter what, if you don't have that right,
your baby is not going to want
to go to sleep in the first place,
and things will be a whole lot easier sleep training
if you have those things right in the first place.
And answer to our question,
"Can you sleep train a baby
"without using the cry it out method?"
Yes, absolutely.
You definitely can, we have loads of different methods,
making sure the baby is optimally tired
in the first place is the first place to start.
We have loads more information on our website
at littleones.co, and if you need any further advice,
we have our Sleep Programs
and our support village waiting right there for you.
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