Baby Sleep Training: How to Get Baby to Sleep Through Night Well

By Ann Preston-Jones

Imagine you have 6 months old twins. One of them falls asleep without an issue, but the other one requires being swaddled and much more rocking to fall asleep. You're following the same routine and strategy, and then what on earth is wrong with your little angel who keeps you awake all through the night?

Whether you've embraced motherhood just now or you're enjoying your time with your baby for a few months now, the chances are you're constantly looking for a panacea to help your baby sleep well, and give you a chance to overcome your fatigue and have your bedroom and marriage back. It's usually a matter of trial-and-error – you have to try a few methods and strategies before you hit the bull's eye. That's where you will find this book to be extremely helpful – it will walk you through the complications involved in a child's nap and tells you what you as a parent should expect in those memorable, and relatively tough early months.

This is no regular book like the others you find on the block. Other books promote 'cry it out' as one of the best ways to deal with babies who have a hard time falling asleep on their own. I share a different approach actually and delve deeper into the details to find other, more effective ways with little to no side effects. You have to understand that if you cannot teach your little one how to sleep well in the early months, you may have in front of you an incurable adult insomniac, chronically dependant on sleeping pills.

• Language: English
• Publisher: justhappyforever.com
• Release date: Dec 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386546412

Ann Preston-Jones

Ann Preston-Jones has an extensive knowledge of the county’s archaeology, with over thirty years’ experience working for Historic England and Cornwall Archaeological Unit. Her experience is mostly in the care, conservation and management of those sites which make Cornwall special and she has a particular passion for sculptured stone monuments. 

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Introduction

Don't Let Your Angel Cry it Out – Be Sure to Soothe 'Em Right!

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The thing you need to understand is that every child is different and is going to respond differently to various methods you try to help them fall asleep on their own. Image from Flicker by Nathan

Imagine you have 6 months old twins. One of them falls asleep without an issue, but the other one requires being swaddled and much more rocking to fall asleep. You're following the same routine and strategy, and then what on earth is wrong with your little angel who keeps you awake all through the night?

Whether you've embraced motherhood just now or you're enjoying your time with your baby for a few months now, the chances are you're constantly looking for a panacea to help your baby sleep well, and give you a chance to overcome your fatigue and have your bedroom and marriage back. It's usually a matter of trial-and-error – you have to try a few methods and strategies before you hit the bull's eye. That's where you will find this book to be extremely helpful – it will walk you through the complications involved in a child's nap and tells you what you as a parent should expect in those memorable, and relatively tough early months.

This is no regular book like the others you find on the block. Other books promote 'cry it out' as one of the best ways to deal with babies who have a hard time falling asleep on their own. I share a different approach actually and delve deeper into the details to find other, more effective ways with little to no side effects. You have to understand that if you cannot teach your little one how to sleep well in the early months, you may have in front of you an incurable adult insomniac, chronically dependant on sleeping pills.

On the other hand, you just cannot take 'cry it out' as the only option – it may leave emotional scars (researchers have found that letting your child cry for an extended time will lead to certain psychological issues). That's where this book comes in handy – it tells you about the basics of child nap and the ways new parents can tackle the whole issue.

The best thing is that you'd be able to devour the book in a few hours only, and even put the principles into practice immediately after finish it. So, tighten your seat belts because you're going to take a roller coaster ride of information that will surely help you learn your baby's needs better.

CHAPTER 1 - A Baby’s Nap – Way More Complicate than You Think

Before getting down to the real stuff, how about taking a couple of minutes and answering a simple question. Okay, what makes a child nap? A baffling question, isn't it? At least, no two persons would have the same answer. Even the scientist cannot say for sure because the 'napping behavior' is not so simple. It's true that most parents cherish toddlers' naps as precious moments of recharging and respite, for child and parents alike. It is a fact too that parents will have to deal with the increased crankiness that usually comes when a nap is evaded or unduly delayed. The thing is that they cannot find a solution unless they spend some time learning a bit about napping children, which is an intriguing mix of cultural expectations, individual biology (hormonal and neurological development), and family dynamics.

Today, experts believe that your child take naps because of a sleep pressure that builds quite rapidly in their brains – the nap becomes a biological necessity as the need for sleep keeps mounting during waking hours. It is equally relevant to mention the studies conducted by Dr. Alexander A. Borbely in the early 1980s. He presented a two-process model of sleep regulation. The 'circadian process' associated with a specific place in the brain, which, more or less, works like a clock and ties your sleep to schedules and to cycles of dark or light, irrespective of how much you have already slept. This also connects with the homeostatic process, which

Reviews for Baby Sleep Training

[Esther Jedidiah Oluwadeyi · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great read, learnt a whole deal though I couldn’t follow through all discussed because it wasn’t an easy task bathing my twin every night but other steps have really helped developing a good sleep habit.