When your baby is not sleeping it’s hard to get anything done let alone think straight, your mind wonders, you feel you’ve failed as a parent. You look at other parents and question why is they’re child sleeping and mine won’t even go in the pram or cot without a fight or floods of tears? It’s easy to blame yourself and then carry on as you are, wishing and hoping that something magic will happen by itself. The reality is if you’ve been stuck in the same place for weeks or months on end you know that unless you do something different nothing will ever change. Einstein said, the ‘thinking that got you here, will change nothing, if nothing else changes’. Everything’s simple when you know what you are doing, you have a plan to follow and someone to guide you if you feel need a bit of extra support as you go through a new routine or settling technique, so why do we stop ourselves?
As humans we grow up and have support, someone to hold our hand when we are a baby and learning to walk, until we can do it all by ourself. Once we can run we never look back, until we want to climb and the process starts all over again. To do something more advanced requires a new skill and some practise. With a baby sleep coach you get there so much faster, they can see what part is not working, and often it’s not what you expect or have thought of, that’s the ironic thing. A first-time mum or dad has never had any experience of a new baby and it’s assumed that a baby will sleep when they are tired and the reality is some do and some don’t. It’s got has nothing to do with you, so when you stop blaming yourself you’ll feel so much better, a new solution will likely come to mind.
If you have changed your baby’s routine and naps are still not working well or your baby is waking up frequently and night sleep has gone backwards chances are you only need to make a few tweaks. If you are sick and tired of waiting and have lost your patience, I would love to take the pressure off you and help you figure out what changes will make all the difference.
So what are you waiting for? Send me a WhatsApp/text message Juliet 07982 713 736
