SLEEP TRAINING BASICS
By Sleep Training Kids
Based on talking to hundreds and thousands of parents, there is a significant percentage of us who have had to rely on cry-it-out (sometimes abbreviated as CIO) to get our children on a healthier sleeping pattern.
- Do your bedtime routine with your child – Put your child to bed – Let your child self-settle – Check-in on your child at pre-determined intervals – If you choose to comfort your child, do so via the predetermined method – Inconsolable crying – Repeat steps 3-5 as needed until your child falls asleep
Night one: crying for 1-2 hours
Night two: cries for 30 minutes
Night four: cries for 45 minutes
Night three: cries for an hour
Night five: cries for 20 minutes
Make sure your baby is in a safe place and has their needs met
Then, put them down and walk away – and let them cry
It’s much better to let your child cry in another room than to hold them and lose your temper.
Your child vomits after crying
There’s a diaper incident
Your child is an escape artist
Your baby won’t stop crying
You can’t handle it
Scientific studies have found that short-term, cry-it-out style sleep training is generally safe.
It can cause a slight, temporary increase in cortisol, but once sleep training is done, those stress hormone levels go down more than in babies who haven’t done any sleep training at all and are still overtired.
02 If there is crying every night at about 8 PM, then your child is probably exhausted. You may want to address a bedtime change
03 if your child is crying every night at a reasonable dinner time, then maybe they just don’t like your cooking
01 If your child is straining, then it’s probably the poopy diaper
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