10/29/2025
“Since I’ve started to see ‘sleep training’ stuff on here, I just wanted to say to parents of newborns and infants: you don’t need to track your baby’s sleep.
“You don’t need to train them to do anything. You only need to meet their needs (nutrition, warmth, human contact for prolonged periods) and provide them a safe place to sleep. You don’t need to count the minutes or learn new terms like ‘wake windows.’
“Remember that people who gave birth in caves raised babies, too.
“Worrying about your baby’s sleep causes you stress that you don’t need.
“What you do need is a friend (or friends) who are also in the thick of the frequent feedings, frequent waking, and constantly changing patterns of babies. Someone to say ‘I know how you feel’ without offering advice.
“Nothing bad is going to happen if your baby sleeps less tonight than they did last night.
“Love them, hold them, be with them, marvel at them. Don’t worry about their sleep so much. It’s going to be fine.” ~Christine Staricka
