You might find attending one of our Early Days groups helpful as they give you the opportunity to explore different approaches to important parenting issues with a qualified group leader and other new parents in your area. Make friends with other parents-to-be and new parents in your local area for support and friendship by seeing what NCT activities are happening nearby.
Watch our coping with crying film. Understanding childhood also have a range of resources available online and to download, developed by child psychotherapists, including a leaflet on crying. The Lullaby Trust has lots of useful information and support for parents about safe sleep.
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Read more about our editorial review process. Is it OK to let a baby cry? Read time 8 minutes. In the meantime, try and stay as consistent as possible about how you are dealing with it. Only you will know if controlled crying is right for you and your family. If you have a partner who is around, ask them to look after the baby.
Even just for 20 or 30 minutes so that you can recharge your batteries. Then I left the room. Now when he wakes up I give him his dummy, put his mobile on and he goes back to sleep. Zoe from Mama. She still wakes twice to feed but I can manage that.
Her daytime naps have also exceeded my expectations. She has gone from four catnaps to a two-hour nap in the morning and 45 minutes in the afternoon. A win all round in my eyes. She woke anywhere between two to six times, took short naps throughout the day, and just seemed tired all of the time. Neither term I am a particular fan of, as it just seems so harsh. Before reading about controlled crying I was under the impression that you just left your child to cry and they eventually went to sleep.
This is not the case. But eventually, they will learn to fall asleep on their own and stay asleep. I am also not afraid to admit that I wanted time off. I strongly believe that mums should be able to spend some time away from their baby and should do whatever they need to for that to happen. She has gone from having three or four catnaps to having a solid one and a half to two-hour nap in the morning and 45 minutes in the afternoon.
A win all around in my eyes. She wakes up refreshed and is so much happier in herself. And as for me, well I am like a new woman. Fun facts for kids Non-chocolate advent calendars Royal news.
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