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Crying! The very things that makes teaching your baby to sleep independently so very challenging!
No mother likes or wants to hear or do things that make their little ones cry however when it comes to teaching our little ones to sleep more and more independently dealing with tears makes the entire process stressful and challenging for all concerned.
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My most challenging cases have always been the cases I've learnt the most from. This case study was not actually from my work as a night nanny but from my day job so to speak. I was working as a member of management at a Day Nursery and was in charge of the Baby Unit. Names have been changed.
Background info
Baby Victoria aged 10 months old, At fulltime nursery and needs to be held and rocked to fall and stay asleep both at naptime and overnight.
I met baby Vicky when she was 7 months old, a gorgeous little girl with a passionate fiesty spirit. Vicky was a quiet observant little girl but if she was upset boy did we know about it. Her personality/ temperament type was The Grumpy Kid to a T, particular, observant ,tactile,thrives on routine doesn’t cope well when they can’t anticipate whats happening next . Vickys mum had recently returned to to work and up until heading back to work had been babywearing & breast fed Vicky on demand.
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I have a Facebook group of loving caring yet sleep deprived mums with little ones who struggle to sleep.
Over the last few months, conversation in the group has been brief but when discussion has arisen a common theme other than sleep often appears. The topic of crying.
I’m pleased to say that within my group a lot of the mums adopt a more gentle approach to sleep shaping.
Im all for helping and encouraging positive sleep habits and associations but i believe we can use gentle and respectful ways to help pur kids sleeep rather thanjust leaving them to cry and ' self soothe'