Is it useful for a baby sleep consultant? Speaking of baby sleep consultants, many people still don't know what this profession does. In fact, the target group of this profession is specific, so it seems to be a "minority". Abroad, experts in sleep books and related fields have existed for many years, but professionalism may be in this 10 year. In China, the history of development may only be about five years. But it is true that the emergence of sleep counselors has made up for the lack of sleep in the field of maternal and child care in China and brought help to mothers who are struggling or even fighting alone.
It is not easy to be certified as an infant sleep consultant. First of all, you have to have a certain level of English. There are few related professional books in China. If the translator has no knowledge of sleep, the translated content will naturally be a little acclimatized. Here are some books we need to chew, and there are countless extended materials from many foreign websites: of course, there are some training institutions in China that can give you a certificate in two or three months, but as far as IMPI (now IPHI) that I have obtained certification by myself, the first stage of theoretical study may take one year, and the second stage of case practice will take at least 14 weeks, and then the final project needs to be completed, so it is not difficult for one or two years.
Even after getting the certification, everyone needs to be assessed every two years to ensure that they maintain a certain professional level. Even if it is certified, it does not mean that it can be employed. "It is difficult to have a superficial understanding on paper, but we don't know how to do it." Without theoretical knowledge and a certain number of cases, it is impossible to become a qualified consultant.
How does the baby sleep well? First, it's too late to sleep.
Modern urban life makes parents accustomed to staying up late, watching movies, visiting Taobao and staying up late with TV on. Many children have difficulty falling asleep, and the reason why they wake up after sleeping for half an hour is that there are too many stimuli before going to bed. The emergence of smart phones, the Internet and nightlife has been in the past 50 years, but the baby's early sleep rule has been fixed for millions of years, so we should respect the child's sleep rule and let the baby go to bed early.
Children's sleep patterns are very different from those of adults. Adults can catch up on sleep and stay up late, but babies can't.
Second, the mother didn't give her children time to adjust themselves.
Many mothers get up at night to nurse their babies as soon as they hear them crying. This overreaction is wrong.
The correct way is to wait for about half a minute to judge the reason why the baby is crying. If the baby just rolls over, wait patiently for a while. If it is a habit of relying on milk to sleep, you should not give milk. If it is teething, give gutta percha to relieve pain. Excessive reaction will only deepen the baby's dependence on his mother at night. Over time, sleeping all night has become a luxury. This is not the baby's fault, but the mother's encouragement to this habit.
The later the baby goes to bed, the earlier he wakes up. He is seriously short of sleep and cries during the day. The solution is to go to bed early.