If you still feel your little one’s waking is of concern, then trust your gut and investigate possible things that may be exacerbating the wakefulness.It is very reassuring to know that while you may be exhausted, your baby is not abnormal and is in fact behaving like many other human infants. Knowing your little one is okay, takes a big chunk of the desperation out of the process for many parents. It alleviates many worries parents have about their little one’s sleep and the effect it may be having on them. Having realistic expectations is so important. What is your goal? Is it realistic? Do you understand normal infant sleep patterns and that waking and nursing frequently throughout the first year and beyond is normal? If you wonder about your expectations and feel that they may be a too high for your baby or toddler, then reading up on the topic may help you review your expectations down a little.The idea is to open your mind to what could be an option that may have been something you either hadn’t considered or did not previously wish to consider. The idea is to get YOU thinking and problem solving. I’ll float some ideas but they are not definitive.
So now we’ve removed that ‘choice’ you have been thoroughly avoiding, where to now? Many families of extremely wakeful babies have made it through this season WITHOUT sleep training at all or having failed sleep training and been forced to come at their life with a new angle. Stop thinking of it like some dark cloud at the back of your mind that feels like it is ever looming larger as your last resort. I also fully understand and respect your instincts that sleep training is not for you.Ĭompletely take Sleep Training off the table. I am a mama who has been where you are though and I know your desperation, your exhaustion and the feeling that no one else truly gets it. Room to think and room to open your mind to the true options you have or could have in your unique situation.
You don’t need yet another stranger telling you one more thing you are doing wrong.
You have the power to take control of your own situation and you are the one who will work out what works for you, your baby and your family to make it through this weary season in your life. I don’t think either you nor baby is broken and need fixing and b. I do not have the answers to ‘fix’ these things because a.
#Tired but dont want to sleep how to#
This is not an article telling you how to fix your baby’s sleep and its not an article telling you how to fix your sleep and it’s also not going to tell you what you can and cannot do. I have kind of covered this a few times in a mixture of articles but I figure a dedicated article might help collect some ideas and give mothers who are trying to avoid sleep training the breathing space to truly consider their alternatives.
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