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How to Calm a Crying Baby (and Get a Little More Sleep at Night)
Note: This is a collaborative post, please see author listing at the end. “My baby is only happy in my arms, the minute I put her down she cries.” “She wakes every hour throughout the night, every...
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‘Happy Mummy = Happy Baby’ or ‘Happy Baby = Happy Mummy’?
Is it just me? Or does anybody else cringe when they hear the term “happy mummy = happy baby”? Often used as a backup to a mother advising another to do something that is perhaps not in her baby’s best...
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Self Settling – What Really Happens When You Teach a Baby to Self Soothe to...
So many, parents and experts alike, advocate the idea of “teaching a baby to self settle” or “self soothe”. Self soothing is often referred to as the holy grail of baby sleep, once babies can self...
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The Self Soothing Babies who are not Actually Soothing Themselves at all
One of the top criticisms I get of my disdain for ‘experts’ who insist that babies should learn to ‘self soothe’ in order to sleep through the night is those who comment “but my baby DOES self settle...
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Ten Reasons to Not Sleep Train Your Baby
Are friends, relatives and professionals telling you that you should sleep train your baby? Warning you of dire consequences if you don’t? Are you considering sleep training because you are exhausted...
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The Real Reasons Why You Cannot Teach Babies to Self Soothe to Sleep
The mainstay of almost all baby sleep training is the idea of teaching ‘self soothing’ or ‘self settling’. This approach believes that if babies are put down ‘drowsy but awake’ and parents do not rush...
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