A mom has sparked a viral debate after her toddler was seen "coaching" himself back to sleep in the middle of the night.

Jasmine Clark (@hellomina333), mom to 2-year-old Teddy, shared footage from her baby monitor in a reel on Instagram , showing the toddler sitting up in his crib and crying.

Then, in a surprising twist, Teddy claps his hands, says "high five," gives himself a high five, and cheers, "yay, good job everybody!" Moments later, he lies back down.

"Teddy sometimes wakes suddenly from sleep crying, but pretty quickly stops when he takes a second to realize where he is," Clark told Newsweek . "This night I was watching the monitor because I heard him wake up, and I saw him doing this all by himself."

Clark explained that Teddy's self-coaching language wasn't something

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