Don’t Tell People You’re Doing Extinction at 6 Weeks
“My daughter and I got off to a rough start. I had retained placenta for 12 days, my milk wasn’t coming in, and she was probably hungry the whole time.
When Should Extinction Begin? Public Opinion Versus the Evidence
There is a widespread belief in parenting culture that you should never let a baby cry — and certainly never use extinction or graduated extinction — until the baby is at least three to six months old.
Parents who have already sleep trained one child sometimes find the second harder — not because they know less, but because they think they know exactly what to expect.
Within 24 Hours, He Slept Better and His Clinginess Disappeared!
When a child is not sleeping well, the effects spread. Over time, the entire family becomes stressed, and the changes in the child's mood and behavior begin to attract labels: a difficult temperament, an anxious attachment, a psychological problem between parent and child.
Sometimes I have recommended to teenagers who are short on sleep that they take a five-day “sleep spa” treatment. No, that doesn’t mean having their parents book them into an expensive resort! It simply means dedicating five days to going to sleep earlier than usual.
Antonio was born two weeks early and without difficulty. I remember thinking several hours after his birth that he was going to be a very easy boy, since my pregnancy and delivery were both routine and relatively easy. Three days after we brought him home, however, I realized that my expectations might have been a little off.
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