The Child Who Needs More Sleep
For those checking out this page you are probably in the thick of parenting. Sleepless nights, runny noses, picky eaters, you name it you’ve seen and probably cleaned it up. Parenting is no joke. In the course of a day we have many ups and downs. If we are working we want to be home with our kids, if we are aren’t working we want a break. We are tired and overstimulated, and when they are little, it seems as if there is no end in sight. This isn’t to say that we don’t enjoy our role, it’s a recognition that the role we play is a difficult one. We are in charge of these little humans and we have been tasked with turning them into functioning adults.
When my husband and I first had kids my honest first thought was I need my baby to sleep. If I don’t have sleep I cannot be a good Mom. After our first was born and I went back
to work when she was just three months, I needed her to sleep even more. We lucked out with her and she was an easy baby and slept through the night on her own without much need for coaching. My second is what made me want to become certified. With some coaching we got her sleeping through the night and to a place where we could lay her down and she would fall asleep on her own. With my third I’m still working on it. We’re getting there but we have some things to iron out. He’s also only three months old.
All this to say, there are things that we can do to make our job a little easier. For me it is having well rested children and being well rested myself. For you it may be having your kids learn to play independently. We prioritize whatever will help us be the best parent we can be. My new goal with this blog will be to not only provide information on sleep but also to discuss the joys and challenges of parenting with a leaning towards what happens when our kids are not sleeping well. I think we all need a little bit of extra support sometimes wherever we can find it.
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