Pick Up Put Down Method of Sleep Training
Looking for a sleep training method? Consider the pick up put down method to get your baby sleeping through the night. In this video, I explain exactly what you need to know about this approach to baby sleep.
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I'm Jilly, I'm a pediatric nurse, lactation consultant, a mom of two and I help tired parents get their little ones sleeping well so they can really love this phase of parenthood.
The pickup put down method of sleep training is exactly what it sounds like. The process of sleep training is teaching your baby to sleep independently so teaching them to fall asleep on their own and stay asleep throughout the night. With the pickup put down method of sleep training you are putting your baby down in the crib while they're still awake so they can get into the hang of falling asleep on their own without any help and when and if they cry you're picking them up.
It's pretty simple: put them down until they cry then pick them up once they calm put them down until they cry and then pick them up.
What I found by implementing this method with clients for the last 10 years is there are a lot of nuances and question questions that come up.
Let's cover some questions now.
QUESTION: How long does it take for the pickup put down method to work to get my baby sleeping
through the night?
ANSWER: It takes up anywhere from 5 to 14 nights to get babies sleeping through the night using the pickup put down method. I know that that's quite a wide range, but it really depends on your baby - how old they are, what their personality is like and their energy level.
Of course it depends on your consistency with implementing the steps of this lesson. If you're able to be super consistent and follow the steps then you'll get quicker results um if you backtrack a little bit if you have a few rough nights and you kind of go off the plan then it's going to take longer to get your baby sleeping for the night.
QUESTION: When can parents start the pickup put down method?
ANSWER: You can begin from the age of 5 months old. At this age, babies have the ability to learn to self-settle and pick up put down is a great method for young babies to slowly get them get them
learning the hang of sleeping independently.
QUESTION: Who is pickup put down good for?
ANSWER: Pickup put down is really good for younger babies, 5-9 months old. They tend to respond really well to pick up put down especially if they're not yet pulling to stand. It's also really good for babies who are used to parents he who are heavily involved with helping them fall asleep. So parents that rock, feed their babies to sleep or or co-sleep.
Pick up put down is not ideal for toddlers or really energetic and active babies. Once your baby is pulling to stand or they're walking around the crib, or certainly once you have a toddler or definitely a toddler who isn't in a crib anymore, pick a put down is not ideal.
The reason why is that all of that hands-on involvement with helping your baby learn to sleep well just distracts them from the process.
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The trick with making this method work is that every night you have to hold your baby a little bit less and have them spend a little bit more time in the crib in order to get the hang of falling asleep on their own.
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If you have any questions about the pickup put down method or sleep training in general you
can drop them in the comments! Good luck with sleep training, take care.