Attachment Parenthood and Sleep Training

Most attachment parents feel sleep training goes directly against everything they believe. They might fear there can be no method of sleep training that will accommodate their need to be by their baby’s side, and support them as they drift off to sleep.

I’m here to tell you, if you are an attachment parent you can still help your baby sleep well, and even learn to support them as they acquire the necessary confidence and skills to self-settle.

While gentle sleep training methods do take longer to implement than hands-off ones, they are still just as effective. While a more strict method can yield results in a few days, gentle sleep training usually takes 2-3 weeks. True, it might be somewhat longer, but at the end of the process your baby is going to learn to sleep well, and that’s the whole point.

If you consider yourself an attachment parent, chances are you are already comfortable and willing to spend long periods of time helping your child settle to sleep. Gentle sleep training can provide you with effective tools to make those settling efforts more productive, and help you and your baby get the sleep you both need and deserve.

Sleep training isn’t all tears and no love. I believe it is, as with any parent-child interaction, about the message you send your child. My sleep training focuses on communicating to our child they are loved, capable, resourceful and competent. That we believe in their ability to go through rough times with the love and support of their parents. That we recognise their need and right to sleep well, and we are here to support them as they learn to fall asleep on their own. Parents may be outside the room or right by their baby’s side, but falling asleep is a skill we all learn to do on our own.

Book a free discovery call to find out more about my gentle sleep training methods, or book you sleep consultations package today.