When Google Becomes Your Sleep Consultant And Why That Often Backfires
It’s 2AM. Your baby is crying again. You’ve fed, rocked, changed, and checked everything. You’re exhausted and wondering if this is just what motherhood is supposed to feel like. So you reach for your phone and open Google. Within seconds, you have answers: “Let your baby cry it out.” “Don’t let your baby cry.” “Feed more.” “Stretch wake windows.” Every article sounds certain. Every method promises results. So you choose one and hope tonight will be different. But here’s what often happens. You try one approach. It doesn’t work. You switch. Then adjust. Then try again. What begins as a search for solutions turns into a cycle of trial and error. And instead of improving, sleep becomes more unpredictable. I’ve worked with parents who started with a baby waking twice a night. After trying multiple online methods, their baby began waking every hour. Not because they failed but because they were applying general advice to a very specific situation. This is the problem with using Googl...