We look at the best methods for sleep training toddlers, according to the experts.
Advanced sleep practitioner Lee Chambers
Here are 5 of the best tried-and-tested sleep training methods that you could try to help get your babyFor sleep training without controlled crying, the fading method , just means doing what you’ve been doing till now, and gradually minimising the contact that you have with your baby at bedtime. saying: "help your baby learn how to fall asleep without a sleep prop"
They need to get used to being put down. The whole point is to only pick the baby up for comfort but put them down for sleep. If they cry or protest, you go back in, again, stroke and soothe them, preferably not picking them up, and leave again till they fall asleep. Many experts and parents highly criticize this method and, since there are many other ways to get a child sleeping through the night on their own, deem it unnecessary.
This method may take longer than other methods because if your child feels you there, they may want your attention, but you’ll have to resist.Try not to make eye contact because it will be hard on both of you if you’re watching the baby cry and not responding. It’s not fun watching a baby cry and not doing anything about it, and the child will be wondering the same thing.
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