Sleep Training for Attachment Twin Parents
Sleep Training for Attachment Twin Parents
Most attachment twin 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 babies’ side, and support them as they drift off to sleep.
I’m here to tell you, if you are an attachment twin parent you can still help your babies 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 babies are 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 twins get the sleep you all 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 that 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 babies’ side, but falling asleep is a skill we all learn to do on our own.
You can download my “Parents' Guide to Twin Sleep Consultation” to learn more about what to consider with twin sleep consultation.
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