It can be very frustrating as a parent when you notice that your baby has been sleeping throughout the night but then they start waking up frequently and many parents tend to notice this sometime between 6-9 months for whatever reason. There is a lot of different things you can do to help your baby go back to sleep on their own and that is the root of it all you need to teach them to self sooth and go back to sleep without help from you. Up until now your baby has realized that when they cry they get what they want most which is you. So you need to teach them to go back to sleep without help from you and you can do this a few different ways. First of all you should always talk to your pediatrician first before sleep training and they can talk to you about whether or not there are any medical conditions or some parents feel like their babies actually need extra night time feedings and so they wake up and feed their baby frequently through the night and the pediatrician can help you determine if those feedings are necessary or f its just your baby looking for comfort to go back to sleep. if your pediatrician gives you the green light then you can go about it one of two ways. First of all there is the crying it out method and this is controversial among parents although medical research has shown its a very sound way to get babies to sleep through the night although being a parent myself I know its really hard to sit there and listen to your baby cry. When your baby wakes up in the night and is crying we all kind of know how our babies cry and if its one of those I need you right now something is wrong cries then for sure go and check on him, but if its just kind of like a I'm looking for comfort I want my mom or dad cry give it a couple of minutes before you go in and check on your baby and you can actually let him just cry it out that is why it is called crying it out and if your persistent and consistent about it 4-7 nights your baby should learn to go back to sleep on his own. Now because this method is a little bit hard for some parents to stick to and sometimes its hard to get both parents on the same page so like the mom may not be ok with listening to the baby cry and the dad is like leave him alone but if one parent gives in then the child never really learns how to self sooth. You both have to be on the same page. But if this is hard for either of you then you can try a more graduated approach. You can give it a few minutes again if you feel like your baby is crying for comfort and after about 5 or 10 minutes go in an gently touch your babies tummy turn around and walk right back out of the room. Resist any and all urges to turn on lights or talk to your baby or pick him up. Just turn around and walk right back out. This reassures them that your there but your not going to hold them or give them what they want most. Which might be just a feeding for comfort or a little bit of love. So if you walk out of the room and they continue to cry just slowly increase the amount of time that goes by before you go and check on him again so the next time wait you know maybe 10-20 minutes ad if you still need to wait longer then maybe wait 20-30 and then 30-40 minutes and again after being persistent and consistent about it for 4-7 nights your baby should go back to sleep on their own without help from you. Now that dose not mean that they wont wake up at all babies are just like us we often times wake up during the night we roll over and go back to sleep and that's what they learn how to do on their own. if you have anymore questions about it or if you have concerns about your baby don't hesitate to ask your pediatrician. But if you have any other questions for me in the future feel free to ask them on your Facebook page at facebook.com/itermountainmoms.com and recommend us to your friends and family too.
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