Sleep training is teaching your baby to fall asleep without help from you.

That means
baby is put down for bed fully awake, and she drifts off without being rocked,
swayed, cuddled, nursed or shushed.

Sleep training also teaches baby how to fall back to sleep when she inevitably does
wake up overnight since night waking is a normal part of the sleep cycle, even for
adults.

According to Alanna McGinn, a certified sleep consultant and the founder of Good
Night Sleep Site she said “It’s more about being able to teach your baby that they
are capable of falling asleep independently,”
You want your baby to be able to nod off on their own—ideally without nursing,
rocking or using a pacifier or whatever tools they use to fall asleep at bedtime are
the same things they’re going to wake up looking for you during the night.

WHEN TO START SLEEP TRAINING FOR YOUR INFANTS?

Most sleep coaches say the ideal time to start sleep training or promote independent
sleep, not necessarily using the cry-it-out method is based on your baby’s
development, but is usually somewhere between four and six months since in this
age range it has their sweet spot, where babies are old enough to physically
make it for six to eight hours overnight.
At this stage, most babies are also developmentally ready to learn the skill of falling
asleep on their own.
According to Jennifer Garden, an occupational therapist who runs Sleepdreams in
Vancouver. Around the age of four months, some babies go through a sleep
regression since their sleep cycle change and there are longer periods of lighter sleep
per cycle.

TIPS FOR SLEEP TRAINING FOR INFANTS