I originally wrote this post in 2011. Suffice it to say my thinking on the subject has changed radically. I know more today than I did then. One thing I know is that the term cry it out is terrible, ...
CIO
Is Sleep Training Child Abuse?
I try not to court controversy because I don't actually see parenting as all that controversial. A wide range of parenting decisions are totally OK and there are many approaches that can work like ...
Who Else Wants to Know the Best Time for CIO?
Nobody is driving down the baby sleep road, looking at their finely detailed baby sleep map, saying, "Well, it looks like we've missed the turn off into Putdownawake-port so in the next 4-6 weeks ...
Her Story, Your Story, A Study in Sleep Training Part I
[box type="blank" align="center" class="border-dashed2"] This could have been you. Or me. I got this email a few days ago. This isn't a success story (yet) but it really spoke to me. It so ...
How to Cry it Out: The Bedtime Edition
Update: It's been ~5 years since I wrote this. It's mostly still accurate. However during this time I've vastly expanded my knowledge about kids, sleep, schedules, and sleep training. The sum total ...