| expectant parents assume that they will never have | | | | and allow them to fall asleep on their own. |
| to worry about how to get baby to sleep through the | | | | In theory this works, but depending on the age of your |
| night. After all, you’ve read all the parenting | | | | child it may not be at all easy to get this routine to |
| books, and you’re prepared for anything, right? | | | | stick, and your little one will likely not just drop off into |
| The truth is that we all go into the parenting process a | | | | slumber the first night, or even the first week. Many |
| little bit naive and believe that we’ll be | | | | parents give up on this idea because they simply do |
| “immune” from these very common | | | | not have the patience or energy left to allow this |
| problems. Before you know it, YOU are the parents | | | | method to work. |
| who are up during the wee hours of the morning | | | | Other parents will tell you that the “cry it |
| desperately “hushing” your baby and | | | | out” method is how to get baby to sleep |
| trying to remember what those parenting books said | | | | through the night, but to many, this is not a very |
| to do. As you watch the sun rise yet again, you may | | | | attractive idea. The theory here is that the child will |
| resign yourself to the fact that this is the way every | | | | eventually learn that – no matter how much |
| parent feels, but it doesn’t have to be this way! | | | | they cry – they are eventually going to have to |
| You can learn how to get baby to sleep through the | | | | fall asleep on their own. Eventually the child will no |
| night much faster than you might think. There are | | | | longer cry at all, they will simply drift off and rest |
| different techniques that many parents talk about that | | | | through the night. |
| may or may not work for your child. First, many | | | | Again, this strategy can work, but many parents have |
| parents will report to you that you need to establish a | | | | strong feeling against listening to their child cry for long |
| bedtime routine. What this means is that it is important | | | | periods of time. There is also a lot of literature on the |
| to eat dinner at about the same time, play with your | | | | market that will make parents think twice about this |
| child, bathe your child, and then put them in bed awake | | | | technique, although people have been using it for ages. |