What Exactly Is Sleeping Through the Night?
#spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}if(zs>0){zSB(3,3)}else{gEI(“spacer”).style.display=’none’;gEI(“sidebar”).style.display=’none’} The past several days I’ve been getting a great deal of reader emails regarding sleeping through the night. Questions like: How do I get my newborn to sleep through the night? How young can I use the “cry it out” method? My 8 month old was sleeping through the night but isn’t any longer? HELP! In my correspondence with these readers, in many cases I’ve noticed a recurring theme. Inaccurate expectations. It’s tough. I know it is. I’ve been right there too, in those early weeks where a good night was when the baby only woke every 2 hours through the night. I thought I was going to lose my mind at times. The good news was, although it might have felt like it at time, that stage didn’t last forever. I also had to have a huge reality check from my pediatrician. I really did not have a clue what “normal” expectations were for infant sleep. I had to
