What exactly is sleep training?

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May be a dumb question but I really don’t understand it? I’m not even sure I need to do it at this point. My lo has her last bottle around 7:30 to 8pm and falls right to sleep we place her in the bassinet and she doesn’t wake up again until 5 to 6 am. Which is more than enough sleep for me because that’s when I wake up for work.

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Based off that you do not need to sleep train :)
Sleep training is teaching babies to self soothe so you don’t have to do it in the night if they don’t connect their sleep cycles, wake up, and can’t get back to sleep.

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Sleep training is more for the parents than for the good of baby- especially if breast fed, it it’s completely normal for a baby to wake up 2-3 times a night to feed well past 6 months of age. Some parents prefer a stricter schedule and/or believe in “self soothing”.

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It’s a tool to help a baby learn to fall asleep and comfort themselves without your interference.
It’s very important for them to learn how to deal with middle of the night wake ups without you having to get up to help. 
The goal is for a 6mo to sleep 9-11 hours, 11 hours being most ideal for restorative sleep for them.
Sounds like you don’t need to do it which means you’re very lucky!
Most of the time it involves giving them the space to work through and solve their frustrations like crying it out for short intervals. It also can include the removal of sleep aids like being rocked to sleep, falling asleep at the breast, and pacifiers if they are unable to reinsert them for themselves.
Hope that helps and congrats!

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You do not need to sleep train. 
But sleep training typically is people who want their baby on more of a schedule that works for their lifestyle

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You don’t need to lol, it’s just teaching baby to soothe themselves and put themselves back to sleep, but it sounds like your babe is doing great!

What exactly is sleep training?

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