By now you may want to encourage your baby to
sleep more independently without relying on you needing to rock, pat or shush your baby in order to settle.
Over time, move the chair farther from the bed until the baby can
sleep more independently.
If you are a family who is co-sleeping with a toddler and you hope to encourage your toddler to
sleep more independently, you can rest assured that research is on your side.
You still rock the baby to sleep, for instance, just in shorter and shorter intervals until the baby is
sleeping more independently.
Not exact matches
If however, your child becomes
more upset (crying, clinging, having trouble
sleeping, or
sleeping independently) when you try to discuss or work on the fear, or the fear and avoidance seems to be intensifying or even spreading to other situations, then this may be
more than a phase and you and / or your child may benefit from professional consultation with a child anxiety expert.
The emotional and psychological benefits of babywearing mean carried babies
sleep, play and socialise
more independently sooner than those that aren't kept close to their main care givers.
More research will be needed to address these shortcomings and also to rule out factors besides
sleep quality (such as diet or medical conditions) that may
independently contribute to hypertension, the study notes.