The PedsDocTalk Podcast: Child Health, Development & Parenting—From a Pediatrician Mom · Dr. Mona Amin
The Follow-Up: Do I Need to Sleep Train?
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A 2016 randomized controlled study found short-term sleep training is safe, effective, and has no long-term effects on bonds, directly countering cortisol-based criticisms.
As heard by us
A calm, flexible discussion of sleep teaching, exhausted parents, and choosing support without letting internet judgment set the terms.
Parents weighing sleep training amid loud online advice will find a steadier, less absolutist frame here. Dr. Sarah Mitchell treats infant sleep as a family decision shaped by biology, exhaustion, feeding realities, and the judgment that often gathers around bedtime choices.
Why you'd press play
You want a humane answer to the 2:14 a.m. sleep question without internet shouting.
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