Mom’s Daily

Mumsgather wrote a beautiful piece about putting her children to bed. You have to read the two posts from MG because you can feel the love from her for her children shining through those words she penned.

Every parent, especially the new parents know how tough it is to deal with a baby who refused to sleep when the adults are almost fainting from fatigue and lack of sleep.

MG gave this reminder :

I think we all need to remember that bedtime is really a rather nice time of the day to unwind and relax with the babies instead of getting worked up about why they are having such a difficult time falling asleep, being so needy etc.

posted by mumsgather at 11:11 AM

In my opinion, we Asians are very different from the Westerners where the method of putting babies to sleep is concerned. I hope we will stick to our method of providing all the time and attention to the babies until they fall asleep and not adopt the method normally prescribed. Sleeping in the same bedroom is also our Asian’s practice.

I google for ‘How to put baby to sleep’ and true enough, I stumbled upon this tips from a doctor to a parent:

Up until two weeks ago, Mya was sleeping with her mom and dad. Now she’s trying to learn how to sleep by herself — all night — in her own bed.

“It [has] been difficult, but we had to just stick to our guns and keep her in the crib, and that was the hardest part,” Mya’s mom, Kelli, said.

Dr. Brenda Hussey Gardner, with the University of Maryland’s Hospital for Children said most children can be taught to sleep through the night — but parents need to take the first step.

“The child will cry and scream and your heart will break because it’s the first time you’ve allowed your child to cry, but they’ll go back to sleep,” Gardner said.
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Personally, I had endured those long sleepless nights carrying a fussy baby up and down the corridor in my house. Those memories do not stay long with me. What I remember are those little chit chats I had with my toddlers, snuggling with the babies and all other sweet times. Therefore, parents, do not tear your young baby away from you with the hope of getting a good night sleep. Plenty of good night sleeps will come but those few moments of a child growing up is precious. Bear with the sleepless nights because they are just temporarily.