The topic of babies and sleep is enough to wreak havoc in the minds of new parents.
Is my baby getting enough sleep?
Should I be worried that they aren’t sleeping through the night?
What does self-settling actually mean?
Is there something wrong with my baby’s sleep cycle?
Is this normal, and if not… what is?
Sam and Snezana Wood share their go-to ways to get a newborn baby to sleep:
Parenting expert and author Patricia ‘Pinky’ McKay (Parenting By Heart, Sleeping Like a Baby and Toddler Tactics) and sleep consultant Veena Parry of Sleep Sweet Sleep Deep spoke to Mamamia about the often all-encompassing topic, and both experts agree parents put too much pressure on themselves when it comes to how and how much their babies are sleeping.
“Parents ares being told you just feed them and put them down and they fall asleep. And then parents get really anxious that they’re doing something really wrong,” says Pinky.
Veena, who was inspired to become a sleep consultant due to the “horrific” sleep routines of her own two children, agrees.