How to work naps with a 2 year old and a newborn

[kellyloo]

I just found out im pregnant with my second and my DS will be 2 when they arrive, he's currently rocked to sleep for naps/bed time, im just wondering how on earth im going to continue rocking him to sleep when i also have a newborn?

Why would you assume they would be alone if you're sleep training?

Is the truth that you don't really know anything about sleep training?

Obviously, you should do whatever works for your family, but you shouldn't 'not believe' in something that you know nothing about. If you do that you won't have the information you need to make the right choices for you family.

I was in the same boat. A lot of the time my toddler would fall asleep in the car and I would transfer him. If not I just rocked them both and the sorta twisted to lay baby in the chair while I popped 2yo in bed. Try not to worry you will develop a system that works for u x

I don’t think anyone here is trying to pressure you. We’re simply trying to explain that your idea of what sleep training is, literally isn’t the case. A child doesn’t have to be alone to sleep train? I think you should look into sleeping training a bit more in order to gather a well rounded opinion

@PinkMoscatoLover I didn't mean pressuring me - I'm happy with my parenting decisions. I mean society pressures parents to go against biological norms to make babies more independent.. put them in their own room at 6 months, don't contact nap to prevent forming 'bad habits', get them self soothing before they're biologically ready (which isn't actually until the age of 5 based on brain development), get mothers back to work quickly rather than being able to stay home to raise children. Other countries don't do any of these things, it's a very westernised approach.
Thank you for your advice to read more on the subject, but I'm well read in the subject and have looked at the research hence why I have decided it is not for me. Obviously sleep training takes many forms, but they are all working to get babies to do something they are not biologically ready for. If their brain was ready for self soothing and falling asleep with no input they would be doing it already. Babies don't need training to walk, talk, crawl, sleep etc. There are natural things you can do to help like good bedtime routine, calm time, reading books etc. but they don't need training to do those things. They'll do it when they're ready. But in the modern world we don't have the patience to wait for this as it takes years and babies being so dependent is not convenient to modern life.

@gentlemum fair enough! It’s your child at the end of the day so no point us going back and forth haha