How to Help Baby Sleep

Zen Mommy shares simple, effective, and loving ways to help your baby to sleep without resorting to the cry-it-out method.

First, let me tell you something very important. You are not alone. Let that sink in. It’s important, because when we’re having issues with sleep in our homes, we think we are the only ones on the planet facing this challenge!

Am I doing something wrong? Am I a bad mom?!?! What is WRONG with this child?

Sound familiar? I’ve thought every one of these statements. Millions of other parents have as well. You are not alone.

Feeling just a tad better knowing you’re in good company?… but still wondering how you and your baby are going to get some SLEEP?

I have a simple plan to help you. Sleep is just 5 steps, $3.99 and a download away. I want you to LOVE the tips I am about to share with you, and if you don’t, I will reimburse you, no questions asked. 100% guaranteed.

You have nothing to loose and MUCH sleep to gain.

You are tired. You want your baby (slash that, you NEED your baby) to sleep! I know. I’ve been there! As a mom of four with my youngest, twins, born in February of 2010, I am with you.

GET THE SLEEP YOU NEED

I consider myself an Attachment Parenting sort of parent, so the advice I was getting to let my baby “cry it out” did not work for me. As a first-time mom, I was interested most in my baby knowing that she was loved… safe and secure in this world. It didn’t matter how tired I got, I just couldn’t let her cry it out. Sure, sleep deprived myself a few months in, I gave the method a few half-hearted attempts out of sheer exhaustion, but somewhere ten or fifteen minutes into the wailing, I gave up. Co-sleeping didn’t work for us either. Was there any middle ground?!?! Was I ever going to get an undisturbed, full night’s sleep again?

In 2000, the year my first daughter was born, I can tell you, I did not get a lot of rest. It took nearly two years for her to sleep through the night and it was HARD. I didn’t have the time or the energy to exercise, be with my friends or spend time on “me” at all. My relationship with my husband didn’t get the tending it needed. Hind sight is 20/20 as they say. Looking back I wish I’d had another mom holding my hand during those early years, gently inviting me to see the toll that a lack of sleep was having on me and my entire family.

I wouldn’t have wanted ANYONE to tell me “you’re doing it wrong!!!” No I wasn’t ! I was following my gut. And that’s exactly what I needed to do. But I would have enjoyed a gentle invitation to examine my life, to look at the imbalance a lack of sleep was causing. I think I would have made some gentle adjustments that would have had a profound impact on my entire family.

Life is good. A decade and four children later, parenting has helped make my life more apparent to me in so many ways. Having twins in 2010 helped bring my relationship with sleep and mothering into sharp focus. If I was to mommy these two angels, I was to discover a new sense of balance with my relationship to sleep. And wouldn’t you know it? Life sent me TWO great teachers. My twins gave me the signs. I was able to pick up on them and allow them to guide me. In this video I share this journey and what I’ve learned with you.

If you are pregnant with your first or early on in the whole mommy thing and baby is far from settled into a sleep ritual, now is the PERFECT time to watch this video. It will support you in getting into some great habits.

If (like me with my first two) your baby has somehow grown to be six, seven or maybe even twelve plus months old and the patterns that served you when they were newborns are no longer serving you, now is ALSO the perfect time to watch this video.

Sleep is ours. It’s been a lovely journey from where I was ten years ago. I hope this video helps you in your parenting journey to a restful night’s sleep. In the end, remember, this video is full of tips… but it is YOU… it is your BABY and your INTUITION that will give you the best advice. Follow your heart and remember, you are not alone.