A Cheater’s Guide to Baby Sleep Training
{Fast and Furious Sleeping Techniques}
I am anti-cheater 99.9% of the time. (After all, I homeschool.)
Peacefully snoozing, with his little lovey bear.
But when it comes to baby sleep training, that little .1% cheater takes over.
That’s when I throw out the shoulda woulda couldas and wrap myself in a 35-foot roll of cheats like this guy.
I mean, we’re talking sleep here.
Without sleep, we humans quickly degenerate into drooling zombies.
So I guess, in this case, my anti-zombie policy is a little stronger than my anti-cheating policy.
My goal here is to help you train your baby to sleep well for you, consistently, and as soon as possible.
It’s a worthy cause. Does the ends (sleeping peacefully) justify the means (using sample schedules)?
HECK YEAH.
Catching the Rhythm of Your Infant’s Life
As your infant grows, you’re going to start notice a rhythm of daily life. She will start following a pattern of eating, playing and sleeping.
The easiest way to set up a baby sleep schedule is to harness that rhythm and tweak it softly for a predictable routine.
One more thing, you’re going to need to write down times, so you can look forward and think “she’ll be hungry again at around 10:00″ etc. This will make it MUCH easier to catch her baby cues.
Trust me, you’re NOT going to remember when he ate last…or what time you put him down. Grab the back of a receipt or something and jot down those times.
Baby Sleep Training Cheat Sheets
The fastest way to get you and your infant snoozing happily all night long is to offer some sample schedules.
- For newborns 0-4 weeks old (Month 1)
- For infants 5-11 weeks old (Months 2 to 3)
- For babies 12-19 weeks old (Months 4 to 5)
- For infants 20-35 weeks old (Months 6 to 8)
- For babies 36 to 48 weeks old (Months 9 to 12)
- For infants 12 to 18 months old
- For pre-toddlers 18-24 months old
Why aren’t some of these hyperlinked? I haven’t posted them yet. But they will be coming later in 2013. Subscribe to my blog to be notified when they’re published!
Sneaky Sleeping Tricks to Tuck Into Your Belt
Besides these sample schedules you can use to launch your baby sleep training efforts, here are some other articles that can provide an extra boost of VICTORY!
There’s more than one way to snooze a baby!
What are your favorite sleeping tricks? Share them with me in the comments!
Top Photo Credit: © S.Kobold – Fotolia.com
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