Overtired babies find it harder to fall asleep naturally but if you can put baby
down while drowsy she's more likely to sleep for longer stretches during the night.
Not exact matches
20 percent of vehicle crashes are linked to driving
while drowsy and inadequate sleep is a contributing cause for a litany of health horrors, including heart disease, diabetes, and depression, continuing right
down to simple irritability.
One of my «favorites» was «put the baby
down while he's
drowsy, but not yet asleep.
He also sometimes has great 2 - 3 hour naps in his baby swing, but again, often wakes up after a short
while, and needs to be put
down at just the right stage of
drowsy or actually asleep.
The idea is that parents put their child
down in the cot / bed
while drowsy but still awake.
For example,
while it is expected for a newborn or younger infant to fall asleep nursing or drinking a bottle of formula, you can try and start putting your baby
down while he is
drowsy but still awake once he is four or five months old.
The second time around, knowing the importance of falling asleep without assistance, I was very careful to put my daughter
down drowsy but awake as often as possible from about 4 weeks on, picking her up and soothing her if she fussed, and then putting her back
down while still awake.
They can also distract a baby who is about to protest over being put
down drowsy - but - awake and allow you to creep away
while they (in theory) zone out and fall asleep by the time the mobile cycle is over.