Again, respectfully disagreeing but I really don't think that it's possible to teach every single baby out there to sleep how YOU want them to. No offense Charly, but I think you may have gotten lucky with your kids that they were relatively easy to teach. I'm sure you won't agree with me there, but even paediatricians will say that sleep patterns in babies and young children are largely due to the child's temperament. The thing is, if we go around saying that it IS possible to teach all babies to sleep, what happens to the parents whose babies just won't do it? They end up feeling like a failure........"what's wrong with me? what's wrong with my baby? why won't s/he do what every other baby does?" Which is so incredibly sad. Babies, like adults, are individuals. And not all adults sleep that well, so why on earth should we expect babies to? They need MORE help than us, not less. And by help, I don't mean teaching. Charly, I'm not at all having a go at your parenting, I think it's great that your girls sleep so well, and that you're all happy. THAT is what matters. I just would hate for everyone to think that they can do the same.
Last edited by Janie; August 2nd, 2008 at 12:40 PM.
but I really don't think that it's possible to teach every single baby out there to sleep how YOU want them to. No offense Charly, but I think you may have gotten lucky with your kids that they were relatively easy to teach. I'm sure you won't agree with me there, but even paediatricians will say that sleep patterns in babies and young children are largely due to the child's temperament. The thing is, if we go around saying that it IS possible to teach all babies to sleep, what happens to the parents whose babies just won't do it? They end up feeling like a failure........"what's wrong with me? what's wrong with my baby? why won't s/he do what every other baby does?" Which is so incredibly sad. Babies, like adults, are individuals. And not all adults sleep that well, so why on earth should we expect babies to? They need MORE help than us, not less. And by help, I don't mean teaching. Charly, I'm not at all having a go at your parenting, I think it's great that your girls sleep so well, and that you're all happy. THAT is what matters. I just would hate for everyone to think that they can do the same.
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