In the baby sleep world, most parents are taught that better sleep comes from applying the right method. Cry-based approaches. Timed check-ins. Rigid schedules. Step-by-step programs.But there is another path — one that begins much earlier than methods. It begins with the nervous system. These two diagrams represent two fundamentally different philosophies about how sleep develops. One starts with regulation and safety . The other starts with technique and compliance . Let’