In the video below, Hannah doesn't necessarily know that she's been using sleep training techniques, because the advice she's received about baby Ben's sleep has been given to her as if it is the best, most evidence-based way. These days, sleep coaches might refer to their programs as responsive settling or gentle settling or holistic sleep approaches, but when you look closely, they are still built from sleep training principles, which are a form of first wave behavioural therapy. You can find out about sleep training and the problems with labelling sleep training as responsive here.

When you listen to Hannah, you'll find that the way she's been trying to deal with Ben's sleep comes from the sleep training approaches.

Sometimes the names given to sleep training methods are confusing. For example, sleep training approaches are often described as being gentle, or as a kind of responsive settling. Because the neuroscience clearly shows that responsive care is best for your baby's development, many health professionals and sleep coaches are now using methods which they themselves genuinely believe are different to sleep training. But sleep training methods inevitably advise you to ignore or deliberately delay responses to your little one's communications or cues.