The Best Sleep Advice You’ve Never Heard
Who don’t want a good night’s sleep? To parents with babies or young children, an uninterrupted sleep seems to be luxurious and impossible. You can find many good info and advice on how to settle down your child when having trouble falling asleep. Yet here comes a special list of sleep tips. I stumbled across Catherine’s article on some sleep advice you might’ve never heard. Here are two of them to give you a quick look:
Try not to look your baby in the eye
Parents who make eye contact with sleepy babies inadvertently encourage them to snap out of their sleep zone, says Claire Lerner, director of parent education at Zero to Three, a nonprofit that promotes the health of infants and toddlers. “The more interaction that takes place between you and your baby during the night, the more motivation they have to get up.”
Win her over to the dark side
“Lights push your child’s biological ‘go’ button,” says Elizabeth Pantley, author of the No-Cry Sleep Solution. On the flip side, darkness triggers the brain to release melatonin, a key sleep hormone.
If you tried some tricks that worked for your child or heard of any tips, feel free to email me to share with more parents.
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