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It's Me, Not the Method: When Sleep Advice Breaks New Mothers

I was hunched over the kitchen table, tracking ounces on a laminated chart with a dry-erase marker, crying so hard I couldn't see the numbers. It was 2:40 a.m. My nipples were bleeding. Lily was screaming. And the book said she should be sleeping. "Stretch feeds to four hours," it said. "Teach her to self-soothe." So I shushed. I swaddled. I walked in circles around our dark apartment, whispering affirmations I didn't believe.

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fromSlate Magazine

2 months ago

I Want to Help My Family Through a Medical Emergency. But Not Like This.

Planning to babysit a 5-year-old brings sleep training differences to light, impacting shared parenting dynamics.

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It's Me, Not the Method: When Sleep Advice Breaks New Mothers

I Want to Help My Family Through a Medical Emergency. But Not Like This.

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#sleep-training