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Originally Posted by Maleldil's daughter
I focused merely on what I saw as unrealistic and potentially dangerous expectations of specific time frames they had been told to expect. I told them that I thought such long periods of sleep were not realistic for many infants of such young age, expressed that I did not want them to feel shame or failure if it didn't work out, and recommended running the plan by their pediatrician and making sure baby was still gaining if she was sleeping long periods. I'm not unhappy with what I said but I just dumped it on them and then had to leave. I should have asked more questions and had more of a dialogue.
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I think that is excellent! And the suggestion to bring it up with their pediatrician is perfect. Even though some pediatricians are ok with sleep training, I think most would consider 12 straight hours without feeding to be problematic.