7 Sleep Tips for New Moms
Here are 7 sleep tips for new moms and borns. In this article you’ll learn: How to teach your baby to sleep Start with yourself Make sleep a priority for your baby Falling asleep is a skill Creating a sleep routine Understanding your baby’s need to cry Sleep training How to Teach Your Baby to Sleep Nobody functions well on little sleep. Sleep is a basic need for both physical and mental health, yet new parents are chronically sleep-deprived. Sleep is a loaded area for most new parents. Not only is our ability to parent as a calm leader for our child impaired by sleep-deprivation, the territory of “sleep training” is full of judgment and anxiety. Am I harming my child by letting them cry in their crib? Is cosleeping safe? Am a better parent if I never let my baby cry or if I let them learn to handle their feelings? Can babies actually self-soothe? Family, friends, and even our partners have different feelings about how babies should sleep and this pressure can create …
