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Chapter
2:

The
GoodNight
Sleep
Method

2.1

Teaching
your
baby
to
sleep

There
are
dozens
of
references
available
on
teaching
your
child
to
sleep
through
the

night.

Fortunately,
instead
of
reading
them
all,
you
can
follow
three
simple
steps:

(1
)


 Decide
what
you
want
your
child
to
associate
with
sleep.



(2)


 Follow
the
GoodNight
Sleep
Method:

teach
your
child
to
fall
asleep

with
the
new
sleep
associations
by
balancing
their
need
for

reassurance
with
their
need
for
independent
learning
and
growth.

(3)


 Track
your
progress
over
time.

2.2

Nobody
sleeps
through
the
night.

Even
before
you
had
a
baby,
you
woke
up
about
every
90
minutes
during
the
night.


The
most
likely
reason
you
don't
remember
this
is
that,
after
a
quick
check
on
our

surroundings,
we
fall
right
back
to
sleep.

(The
second
most
likely
reason
you
don't

remember
is
that
it's
been
that
long
since
you
actually
had
a
good
night
of
sleep).

Adults,
children,
and
babies
all
wake
up
several
times
per
night.

There
are
five

levels
of
sleep,
all
of
which
are
required
for
our
body
and
brain
to
function
properly.


We
cycle
between
the
four
stages
of
deep
sleep
and
a
light
rapid
eye
movement

(REM)
sleep.

At
the
end
of
the
REM
portion
of
our
sleep
cycle,
we
naturally
wake
up

briefly.

Around
3
months,
most
babies
no
longer
need
to
eat
during
the
night,
though
they

may
still
enjoy
a
midnight
(or
3am)
snack.

Once
your
pediatrician
has
advised
you

that
these
feedings
are
no
longer
necessary,
you
can
start
the
GoodNight
Sleep

Method.

2.3

Going
to
sleep
is
a
learned
behavior.

It's
a
commonly
held
misconception
that
sleeping
is
like
breathing,
something
we

are
born
knowing
how
to
do.

As
a
new
parent,
nobody
needs
to
tell
you
that's
not

true,
or
at
least,
not
the
whole
truth.

While
babies
instinctively
know
how
to
sleep,

they
need
to
learn
to
fall
asleep.



Just
as
your
child
must
learn
to
master
skills
like
crawling
or
walking,
they
also
need

to
learn
to
sleep.

In
fact,
the
amount
of
effort
involved
in
learning
to
"fall"
asleep
is

one
of
the
ironies
of
the
English
language.

2.4

Sleep
associations
are
how
we
learn
to
sleep

There
is
some
good
news
here.

While
there's
not
much
you
can
do
to
teach
your

baby
to
crawl
or
walk,
you
can
teach
your
child
to
fall
asleep.

In
fact,
each
and
every

time
your
child
goes
to
sleep,
you
are
giving
a
lesson
in
what
is
necessary
for
falling

asleep.

Sleep
associations
are
all
the
things
your
child
associates
with
falling
asleep.