If comparison is the thief of joy, social media is the thief of realistic expectations in parenthood.
Babies don’t need sleep training.
Your ALGORITHM needs training to better support your mental health & outlook on sleep.
The fewer pieces of bullshit sleep advice and unrealistic examples of babies sleeping through the night on your feed, the less likely you are to fall into the trap of thinking that you need to sleep train.
Have you ever heard the expression that you are the 5 people you spend the most time with? Well, your perspective on baby sleep is definitely influenced heavily by the IG accounts whose content you engage with most.
You CAN get through your first year of parenting without sleep training. You just need the right crew.
You need to train your algorithm to show you the following:
- Parents & sleep coaches leaning into the magic of nurture & biologically normal baby sleep:
- Neuroscientists who remind you the incredible brain-building benefits of nurture:
- @drgreerkirshenbaum
- @babies.and.brains
- @infantsleepscientist
- Various options for safe sleep setups (floor beds! sidecar cribs! cosleeping!) that allow you to get enough sleep AND support your baby’s night wakings:
- Integrative & functional health experts who can help you understand how to support your own sleep, cognitive function, & energy:
- @livewildbewell
- @hormonehealingrd
- @katygladwinchc
- @alexisadams_integrativehealth
- @ninamariend
- IBCLCs and other experts who are skilled at identifying & addressing sleep red flags in infants:
- yours truly, @integrativelactationcare // @supportedsleep
- @intuitiveparentingdc
- @joymctavish
- @shellytaftibclc
- @ohhealthybaby
Your steps are:
- Go follow these accounts
- Engage with their content – like, comment, and share. This tells your algorithm you want more!
- Unfollow any accounts that give prescriptive, one-size-fits-all advice or try to sell you a sleep training program. You don’t need that sh*t.
- If your algorithm suggests content from sleep trainers, hit the three dots and smash that “NOT INTERESTED” thumbs down so it learns not to put it in front of you.
What biologically normal baby sleep accounts have been most helpful for you?
Integrative Lactation Care 
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