“Why don’t you just let them cry it out?”

 “Why don’t you just let them cry it out?”

Sleep training is not for me

I might be tired
I might be running on empty
But if my baby needs me, that’s enough

Enough to stay up a little longer
Enough to rock them back to sleep even when my arms ache
Enough to show up for them, night after night

This season is short for me but for them, it’s everything
Their world is small
And I am their safe place
Their comfort
Their home

Sleep training works for some and that’s okay
But it doesn’t work for all of us
There is no one right way to parent
Only the way that feels right in your heart

If that means answering every cry
Holding them a little longer
Letting sleep come when it does
Then that is enough

You are enough
Even if you’re tired
Even if you’re still figuring it out
Even if you’re doing it your own way