Rachael Shepard-Ohta on Instagram: "Every parent has heard of “Self Soothing” but is this really a thing?! TLDR: NO! The term “self soothing” when it comes to infants has been widely misinterpreted and used out of context, according to the creator of the term Thomas Anders. Anders first used the term back in the 1970s, to describe the behavior of infants throughout the night. Some (younger) infants tend to cry when they awaken between sleep cycles and might require more external help to return t