oh so important is sleep to the little ones! if only it did'nt involve a whole lot of parental influence in it . To go by doctors ,it is very important to have them sleep at least 2 times a day as then they have their growth spurts (release of growth hormone to be specific ) .
Only if the parents were spared of the agony to begin with their routine to sleep on their own .Lets get started ,i just learnt a new way & it's been working for me .Touch wood !
first i began with a story time (bedtime story ) and when that caught up ,i used to sleep with my baby ( She's all of three years) & then she needed me all the time . and then i realised its time i weaned her away to do all my other (less important ,ofcourse ) chores.
I began with just sitting on the bed while my baby was lying in the bed & then narrated the stories . later i took up a chair & then as days passed i started moving the chair further away from her bed till i reached the bedroom door . now i'm out & relieved that i did'nt create a nervous wreck of my child while i tried to put her to sleep all alone. does take a lot of perseverance ,but that's the test .
good luck to all the weaning moms !!!
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