03/09/2022
Now I know we’ve all heard the sound bites and talking points on social media.🙃 “Babies will sleep when they’re ready!” “Sleep is developmental!” “Just ride it out. 🎩It won’t last forever.” and so on. I have to admit to a little low-key rage whenever I read comments like that because…🔏
a) It doesn’t help🆘
b) It tells people to avoid fixing an issue that absolutely can and should be fixed!🥺
If someone asked how to get a splinter out of their little one’s foot,👣 would anyone respond with, “Just be patient.💁♀️
It’ll work its way out eventually. Hang in there mama! 🙍♀️You’re doing great!”👌
I certainly hope not, although given some of the comments I’ve seen on social media, I wouldn’t say it’s out of the realm of possibility. 🧚♀️
(OK, that’s the end of my rant. Back to the good stuff!)🤓
So what do I mean when I say that babies wake up because they don’t know how to sleep through the night?👶
All of us, babies and adults alike, sleep in cycles.♻️
When we get to the end of a cycle, we’re no longer in a “deep” sleep. 👀
We’re hovering right around the point of waking up, and a lot of the time, we do wake up. 🥴Us adults have so much experience falling asleep, we can usually just look at the clock⏰, realize we’ve still got a few more delicious hours before our alarm goes off, and we close our eyes, maybe roll over onto our other side, and go right back to sleep.💤🛌
Babies haven’t had nearly as much practice, and very often, I mean VERY often, they get a bunch of help when it’s time for a snooze. 🤗😴They get bounced, shushed, cuddled, rocked, serenaded, taken for car rides,🚗 rolled around in their stroller, or fed to sleep.
More on this next time🥳
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