With the sleep economy worth an estimated £333 billion, some parents are going to extreme lengths - and expense - to avoid sleepless nights It’s 2am and the baby is crying.
Again. I know I shouldn’t rush to him – I know many reasons why this innocuous-seeming act would be a very bad, a horrible idea.
I know that rushing to the cot will only reinforce his grave misconception that this is a legitimate hour for a cuddle. I know that he has to learn to dissociate those cuddles from the act of falling back to sleep.
I know that if I don’t teach him these skills now, it could be years before I enjoy a night of uninterrupted slumber myself (although I also know that if I do go into the nursery, I’ll be asleep again sooner – tonight, at least).
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