For an adult, sleep may seem a simple thing.
You’re tired, you sleep. A baby, however, needs to learn how to do that. As
surprising as it may sound, sleep is a skill that needs to be learned.
Sleep training a child is undoubtedly one
of the most challenging – and frustrating – things for all parents. You may be
tired or exhausted for helping him to get some, but your child won’t understand
that as he or she is too young.
The only way to overcome this hurdle is to
teach him.
The short answer is no. Training is
synonymous with learning and babies love to learn – even when it comes to
sleeping. They suck in new information as if it were warm milk.
However, some parents think of it as hard because
of the word ‘training’. This is due to the fact that they don’t agree with the
term, arguing that training is for animals and not for children.
But think about it.
Even as an adult you train in something in
order to learn it. When you get a new job, you receive training. Someone
already skilled patiently guides you through your new duties.
And when you make a mistake, does someone
gets angry at you?
Of course not.
The same thing happens with sleep training.
The skill needs to be learned. After all, your baby’s job during the night is
sleeping, not crying.
