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The "good old" sleep training / the Ferber method

The "good old" sleep training method, known as the Ferber method, regularly causes controversy - like so many issues surrounding sleep in babies and young children. What bothers the doctor the most? The fact that people hardly talk about it because they are so divided into different camps.

More in the video. Links to the previous sleep tips from the doctor:

Tip from the doc Sleep I

Tip from the doc Sleep II

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Further interesting tips

Compare

"Never compare one child with another, but only with himself." A wonderful sentence by the educationalist Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, who lived around 200 years ago.and yes, I know that's difficult.

Grass does not grow ..

Let me start with a less glorious example of my own career as a father: We were on holiday and I thought, now I have to teach my child how to do a Köpper from the edge of the pool. My plan ended in a huge argument and a terribly bad mood.

Sitting

It's a small topic - but one that I get asked about very, very often. It's about the question: When is a baby allowed to sit?