Pediatrician recommended
Do you have a child?
Does your child spend more of the night awake than you do? (Ahem! CKirkough!)
That's not right.
Here's a book recommended by pediatricians across the country.
Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems, by Richard Ferber, MD.
I haven't read the whole thing myself, I admit that. The Ferber method, however, is approved and endorsed by many pediatricians who are parents as well. Not being one of those (i.e. a parent), I must give advice accompanied by the disclaimer, "Consider the source."
No, Ferber did not pay me to plug his book. It's just that sleep-deprived parents ought to know this stuff.
Does your baby cry A LOT? Learn the 5 S's of the calm infant.
And no, I do not support drugging your toddlers with Benadryl every night before bedtime. That sort of trick should only be used by skilled pediatricians sitting next to naughty children on airplane trips.
*SIDS = Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Please do not put your infant on his/her tummy to sleep before he/she can push up with both arms and lift and control the head! Back or side only!
Does your child spend more of the night awake than you do? (Ahem! CKirkough!)
That's not right.
Here's a book recommended by pediatricians across the country.
Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems, by Richard Ferber, MD.
I haven't read the whole thing myself, I admit that. The Ferber method, however, is approved and endorsed by many pediatricians who are parents as well. Not being one of those (i.e. a parent), I must give advice accompanied by the disclaimer, "Consider the source."
No, Ferber did not pay me to plug his book. It's just that sleep-deprived parents ought to know this stuff.
Does your baby cry A LOT? Learn the 5 S's of the calm infant.
- Swaddling-- really tight!
- Side-- put your baby on his/her side. This used to be Stomach but that S correlates with SIDS*.
- Shushing-- like it sounds. But really loud and long. SHHHHHHHH!
- Swinging-- in your arms, kinda jiggly-like.
- Sucking-- pacifiers are called that for a reason. They bring peace!
And no, I do not support drugging your toddlers with Benadryl every night before bedtime. That sort of trick should only be used by skilled pediatricians sitting next to naughty children on airplane trips.
*SIDS = Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Please do not put your infant on his/her tummy to sleep before he/she can push up with both arms and lift and control the head! Back or side only!
posted by CamoBunny at 2:42 PM
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That's so great! You're teaching her at an early age that she can go to sleep on her own.
Ferber theorizes that if a baby gets used to a certain sleep ritual, e.g. being rocked to sleep, she will begin to demand that ritual every time she is going to sleep-- including the times she wakes up in the middle of the night. She'll fuss until you recreate the conditions under which she fell asleep. With what you are doing, she should start to feel it's okay to fall asleep while she's hanging out on her own, and won't freak out if she wakes up without you right there.
I knitted a baby blanket for my niece. It's cute, but I do fear that a) it's too small and thick for swaddling and b) it may be high-maintenance to wash. Because baby things get fluids on them, predominantly spit-up. Ah, well.
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