Our biggest misunderstanding about falling asleep is that it is a "natural ability of human beings". "When we are sleepy and tired, we will sleep with pillows. Why can't children? The baby's ability to sleep by himself is not innate and needs to be cultivated.
For babies, sleepiness is a sad experience, and they will cry unconsciously, which is "noisy sleep". Babies need to gradually learn how to relax and fall asleep by themselves. When they haven't learned, they need the help of adults.
Breastfeeding, hugging and patting can make the baby transition from a state of fatigue but high excitement to a state of relative physical and mental peace before going to bed.
The "coaxing" of this process is positive.
Therefore, putting children to sleep is not a scourge, but an effective process to calm the baby down. Its significance is to make children in a better state before going to bed.
No matter which method of inducing sleep is used correctly, it can help your baby develop the ability to fall asleep independently. If it is not used correctly, it will become a "pit".
1. Drink milk and sleep
Breastfeeding mothers are used to feeding their children to sleep, but many of them develop into "no milk and no sleep", which may also lead to serious nipple dependence and night milk. The point is that "milk and sleep are separate". The baby should not drink milk to sleep, but eat some milk to comfort him before going to bed.
After comforting the baby with breast milk, pull it out in time. You can try it many times, plus hugs and pats to calm yourself down. The pacifier is just a soothing appliance, so there is no need to rely on it.
Sleep with your arms around you.
"Shake, shake, shake", every time you hug and fall asleep, it is either "aerobic exercise" to develop tendinitis or "square dance" where everyone dances together.
It is suggested to slow down the intensity of "exercise" and reduce the time of "exercise" so that the baby can fall asleep in a relatively static state.
Mothers can try, from strolling around the house to sleeping, then pacing back and forth in a small range, and then weakening to a slight swing in the same place; Don't shake your baby until he is completely asleep. Try to pause soothing when the baby is calm and give the baby some time to try new ways of falling asleep.
In the gentle process of "picking up comfort and putting it down to sleep", when picking up comfort, you can completely calm your baby down and then put him to bed.
Put down sleep
The difficulty in the transition from sleeping in your arms to falling asleep lies in "waking up on the ground". At this time, you can use tapping and sleeping to calm down+voice to calm down.
For babies under 4 months old, it is recommended to pat the baby rhythmically with the help of white noise or input. Babies after 4 months can encourage them to sing nursery rhymes and lullabies instead of "shh".