Category: Sleep Training Methods

Recently, a reader asked me for more ideas for gentle, tear-minimizing sleep training methods. Specifically, they wanted to know more about a particularly gentle and present style, so I did some...

One day as I was chatting with other parents about sleep training, one mom asked me what the ideal baby wake times are by age. And because I didn't have that committed to memory, I decided to do...

When you're looking at sleep training, the idea of all that crying may scare or even appall you. So how do you sleep train without any sobbing or tears? Is that even possible - or is it just a...

When you're looking at gentle sleep training, what does that even mean? Is it a specific type of sleep training - or is it one of several flexible methodologies? And how do you use it to help your...

When we were looking at using the Ferber method for our kids, we wished there was a guide we could quickly refer to when we needed a reference. Here is everything we wish we'd had in a very thorough...

When you're looking through the various sleep methods, cry it out (also known as extinction) is a controversial but effective method. But even so, what's the right way to do it? And what do you need...