I hope that some of this information eases some of the common worries regarding, and provides a clearer picture of,
normal infant sleep patterns.
Not exact matches
First, circumcision is a primal wound that interferes with the maternal /
infant bond, disrupts breastfeeding and
normal sleep patterns, and undermines the baby's first developmental task of establishing trust.
It is unrealistic to expect that your
sleeping will return to
normal shortly after having a baby, as typically, it takes
infants several months to start to regulate their own
sleeping patterns.
We receive plenty of phone calls at the Lactation Care office from exhausted,
sleep - deprived parents with questions about
normal infant feeding and
sleeping patterns.
Universal prevention programs providing consistent advice to parents about
normal sleep patterns,
sleep cues, and ways to encourage
infant self - settling (after the first few months) should be widely available.
At the clinic, we aim to identify and treat medical causes of
infant crying, discuss
normal infant sleep and crying
patterns, offer parents management strategies to encourage
infant settling, help parents to better cope with
infant crying, mobilise support for parents and screen for postnatal depression.