Not exact matches
Picking up on tired
cues is
important, says Kim West, author of The
Sleep Lady's Good Night,
Sleep Tight, because if you miss them, «[your baby's] body won't be pumping out calming melatonin.
all over the world learn to listen to their intuition, recognize their child's
important cues and behaviors, and gently create changes that promote and preserve his or her healthy
sleep habits.
The short - term dependence on the proximity of a caregiver for physiological regulation, and protection is just finally being recognized scientifically as being extremely
important and beneficial (see Barak et al. 2011 Should Neonates
Sleep Alone, downloadable from this website) Mosko et al., 1998; McKenna et al 2007), and helps to explain why infants should avoid
sleeping alone outside the sensory range by which a caregiver and infant detect each others sensory signals,
cues, or stimuli, all of which facilitate and represent interactions that augment neurological connections and provide the foundation for the development of cognition and intellectual development, and the proliferation of neural networks that support these systems.
For the first six months, it's
important to just follow your baby's
sleep cues and help them get as much
sleep as they need.
The reason why catching the correct
cues is so
important is because that is when your little one's body is preparing for
sleep and producing melatonin (the sleepy hormone).
It turns out that establishing a solid
sleep routine with little
cues that it's time to wind down and get some shut - eye is not just
important for babies and kids.
As previously mentioned, it's
important to make this a routine that your body becomes accustomed to and eventually recognizes as a
cue to induce a state of restful
sleep.
Responding to your baby's
cues of when she needs to
sleep, or play, or feed, or be cuddled, is
important in helping develop secure attachment (see the topic Attachment).