Second, strategies to manage infant crying and distress through improved understanding of
their developmental needs for sleep, soothing and stimulation and practice in establishing sustainable routines of daily care.
Not exact matches
While respecting babies
developmental needs families get more
sleep for the family with fewer tears and less guilt.
This is a complex neurological process that is a reflection of your baby's
developmental stages, not what you have «taught» your baby:
for the first four months, babies enter
sleep from an active
sleep phase and younger babies also have a startle reflex that can wake them randomly, so they will usually
need help to calm and settle into a deeper
sleep at first.
Please Don't be disheartened if these routines are not working
for you as they can only be used as a rough guide depending on your own babies
needs and wants.Babies go through so many stages therefore any routine you establish will take a few days to implement and probably only work
for a couple of weeks and then baby will change again.Please remember first and foremost your baby has its own personality so each one is going to be different from any other baby.If your baby is over 6 months old and not
sleeping well, they may have reached a normal
developmental stage where they
need to learn to self settle.
The authors conclude that a more holistic view of infant
sleep ecology is warranted, in order
for clinicians to encourage parental proximity and responsive care, and educate parents about infant
developmental needs.