Sentences with phrase «new sleep crutch»

If you stay in one spot for more than a few days, your baby will grow accustom to your being there, and this will become her new sleep crutch.

As you give extra time and attention to your older child who is experiencing some sleep regression, be careful to not create a new sleep crutch such as holding his hand till he goes to sleep, lying down with him each night, or letting him listen to an audiobook at bedtime till he goes to sleep.

Once she learns stop doing it for him which becomes the new sleep crutch, as Ashley can attest to!

Any new pattern that he comes to depend upon for going to sleep could become a new sleep crutch that you will need to wean him off of later on.

Be careful that you do not create a new sleep crutch (or revive an old one).

Find some way of soothing that won't lead you back to where you started and won't set up a new sleep crutch (such as I used to feed you to sleep and now I will rock you to sleep).

In case you find yourself in the middle of the sleep regression, then, try your best to soothe your baby by being responsive and avoiding creating new sleep crutches, or turning back to the old ones.

Not exact matches

After closely working together, I came to the realization that nursing had been replaced with a new crutch of patting to sleep.

Remember that the whole point of the transition is to help your baby settle into the new routine without creating any additional sleep crutches that will have to be dealt with later.