Article: Mommy & Baby: Naptime
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Mommy & Baby: Naptime
During the first two months of life, if your baby isn?t napping well, trying cutting back on her waketime by 15 minute increments. If your baby is overstimulated, she will become hyper-vigilant and fight off sleep as exhaustion overtakes her. The best way to prevent this is to make sure you?re not keeping her up past her normal ?sleepy cues? of yawning, rubbing her eyes, and dozing.
Sleeping is sometimes a struggle for parents who have been programmed to think that crying will harm their children. Short periods of crying and fussiness (15-20 minutes) will not harm your child, make her lose brain cells, or make her bipolar at age 30. She will learn to self-quiet and fall asleep on her own, but only if you encourage this skill. It is imperative that babies learn to fall asleep...
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