Motherly intuition

Hey guys, lately I’ve been feeling like I’m doing everything wrong. I feel like my partner is much more intuitive and nurturing when it comes to handling situations. I’ll give some context: we have been doing a hands on gentle sleep training method for almost a week and I am the one who usually gets up and does it since they work early in the AM. I’m happy to do it. Last night I was trying to continue the training but baby was just wanting to play and stay up so would get upset when I’d try to rub her back to fall asleep so my partner takes over and says that “maybe it’s time to stop trying for a little and be up”. So they play for a little and in 20 minutes or less the light turns off and the baby is ready to fall asleep. I can’t help but compare and feel like a failure. Why couldn’t I think of that? Why didn’t I soothe her and nurture her instead of being too rigid about the sleep training. I swear sometimes I’m too by the book and not following my motherly intuition. Thanks for reading 🥲🫶🏼

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