Sentences with phrase «old sleep crutch»

Go to his cribside to check on him and make sure all is well — just be sure not to restart an old sleep crutch during this check.

Respond to each of her wakenings, gently offer assurance but don't resort to your old sleep crutch!

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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.

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

The older your baby is, the more resistance you are likely to be met with, as older babies have had longer to learn habits and often rely on sleep crutches to get them to sleep.

If you have a baby / child who is older than 6 months with no precluding medical issues, who is waking frequently through the night, takes a long time to settle or go to sleep, who relies on sleep crutches to go to sleep every time they wake, and — this is the critical factor — you as the parent are wanting to change this behavior, but do not feel able to do it alone, you may want to consider hiring a sleep trainer.

It'd be one thing if we were talking about a (much) older baby or toddler suddenly regressing into nursing - as - sleep - crutch or nighttime - game - playing territory, but a four - month - old?

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.

I'm not confident either, often falling back to my old crutches, like feeding or rocking him to sleep, which seems so much easier in the short term, even though I know it's probably the wrong decision in the long run.

She is 6 months old now and more and more people keep telling me I should stop nursing her to sleep, that I am creating a sleep crutch.