{"title":"I Would Do Anything for a Full Night's Sleep. Except That. There Has to Be Another Way","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe popular discourse on infant sleep has been captured by a false binary. On one side: sleep training, most commonly in the form of extinction (crying it out, or CIO) or graduated extinction (Ferber method, controlled crying). On the other side: nothing. The explicit or implicit message delivered to parents who are not comfortable with cry-based methods is that they have made their choice - that their values are costing them sleep, and that there is no scientific alternative to offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis binary is a fiction. It is a reflection of the research literature's heavy focus on extinction-based methods, the sleep training industry's commercial interests, and the cultural preference in many Western countries for infant sleep independence at ages that do not reflect biological norms. It is not a reflection of the full range of evidence-based options available to parents, or of the full range of normal infant sleep biology. There are effective, evidence-informed approaches to improving infant sleep that do not involve leaving a baby to cry. They are less dramatically effective than extinction methods in the short term. They work with infant neurobiology rather than against it. And they are what this guide offers.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0715\/1235\/9129\/collections\/15_2bdb7768-5cfc-4cce-9d3a-dcd2dc95e4e8.png?v=1784010508","url":"https:\/\/arfstandard.com\/collections\/i-would-do-anything-for-a-full-nights-sleep-except-that-there-has-to-be-another-way.oembed","provider":"ARF Standard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}