This baby sleep tip has been inspired by real life.  My daughter - who is usually a great sleeper - isn’t sleeping well at all tonight, and she didn’t sleep well last night either.

 

I think it’s important to remember as parents that sometimes, even when you do everything “right,” it simply won’t work, and your baby still won’t sleep well.  So, as much as we may like to think that we’re in control, there will probably be times when your baby just doesn’t want to sleep at all.  Even a “great sleeper” like my daughter, will sometimes get out of her once predictable sleep patterns.  The flip side to this is that even a “bad sleeper” will sometimes get out of their once predictable bad sleep patterns too, and go to sleep without a fuss. 

 

As parents, the challenge we face when things don’t work as expected (and this is including more than just sleep), is to regroup, recognize that things change, and move on in the best way that we can.

 

Andrew Dolbin-MacNab

Pediasleep LLC

 

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     About the Author:

 

Andrew Dolbin-MacNab is a father, sound-engineer, and the founding member of Pediasleep LLC, a leader in the production of white noise and other soothing sounds to aid the healthy sleep of infants, cosleepers, and parents. Having successfully survived his daughter's early sleep problems with the help of white noise, he is also an expert on infant sleep problems and their solutions. Pediasleep can be found online at http://www.Pediasleep.com.