The Ferber Method is Very Beneficial
There seems to be debate on the “right” method of parenting when it comes to how a child should be put to bed and learn to sleep on their own. When I was planning for my first child, I was not sure on which method was going to be best for us. I read a lot about the different methods and had some mixed thoughts. I felt like letting my child cry could be a form of neglect, but on the contrary, I did not want to teach my child to only fall asleep while being held, rocked, nursed or in my bed. I wanted to allow my child to learn to fall asleep on his own and to self soothe, should he wake up in the middle of the night, as we all do. After much thought, I came to the conclusion that The Ferber Method, using
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Richard Ferber, the creator of The Ferber Method, refers to it (The Ferber Method Demystified). Ferber works at Children’s Hospital in Boston, as the director of the Center for Pediatric Sleep Disorders. In 1985, he wrote the book Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems, which was revised in 2006 (About.com The Ferber Method – Dr. Ferber’s Sleep Book). The book explains that allowing your child to fall asleep on their own teaches them to build independence and how to self soothe. A child is capable of learning these skills around the ages of 4-6 months of age. (The Ferber Method Demystified). It is recommended to create a routine that occurs nightly at bedtime, such as a bath, singing a favorite nursery rhyme or anything quiet. Repeating this action will reinforce to your child that sleep comes after you complete this activity. All of these activities should be done in a loving manner, and used as bonding time with your child. Once the child has wound down, but not fallen asleep, you should bring him to his room and put him down. It is very important that the child is awake when being put in his bed. Ferber preaches a routine called progressive waiting. This practice is allowing …show more content…
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Imagine you just had a baby and you are taking him/her home today. It comes to bed time; would you have your child sleep with you in the bed or in a crib? Co-sleeping is an important decision when it comes to parenting. Co-sleeping is when a baby, from birth to age two, sleeps with their parents in the same bed. It is also a big discussion if co-sleeping is a good idea or not. Many people have different opinions. I have a couple of sources that look at both sides of the issue. Three of the sources are blogs. Two out of the three shows advantages of co-sleeping and the other is against co-sleeping. My mother, who is another source, is against co-sleeping due to some experience with me when I was a baby. One study that is very interesting looks
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The short-term benefits to infants of co-sleeping with their mothers would be increase breast feeding which promotes bed-sharing, increase sleep interval and duration, less crying time, increase compassion to mother’s communication (McKenna, Mosko , & Richard, pg. 604). Short-term benefits to mothers who co-sleep with their infants would be more sleep time with gratification, increase sensitization to infant’s physiological-social status, increase wellbeing and the ability to understand developmental signals from the infant, and improved skill to supervise and accomplish infant wants (McKenna, Mosko , & Richard, pg. 604). Long-term benefits of co-sleeping for infants are under-represented, but it can spread relief with sexual identity, infants become independent and increase control of their reactions and anxiety, and they become more self-determining in task problem solving and initiating because they are better at being unaccompanied (McKenna, Mosko , & Richard, pg. 604). Parents should know the benefits of co-sleeping either long-term or
Did you know that none of us sleep through the night without waking up? We all have partial awakenings when we switch through sleep cycles.[1] The basic idea with sleep training methods is that if children do not know how to fall asleep at bedtime, they will not know how to go back to sleep when they go through these partial awakenings during the night.[2] It is also important to note that whatever sleep training method you use, you will also need to be sure your child is going to sleep at appropriate times for their age[3] and that there are no underlying medical conditions that could be affecting their sl...
Work with your child to create a bedtime routine that soothes and relaxes him. Give him input in areas where you are able to be flexible. Maybe he has a hard time going to sleep right away when you put him to bed. If so, allow him an extra 30 minutes of quiet, down time in bed to read a story book before lights-out.
When infants are left to cry themselves to sleep it teaches them to fall asleep on their own, that’s known as the ‘’Cry it out’’ (CIO) method. The benefits of using the cry it out method will makes an infant be able to self sooth, become independent. Essential this method would lead to the child being able to sleep thought out the night and wake less often then children who hasn’t learned to self sooth. Which would make infants have less sleep problems become more successful sleepers as they grow up in age. (McClure 2015)
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One of the issues with most parents of newborns is the amount of sleep their infant obtains and when the sleep occurs whether it is daytime or nighttime. An important goal for parents is ti eliminate the stress of their infants night awakenings by getting their infant to form early, healthy, and independent sleep habits. This is the goal of most parents specifically in western countries such as the United States which is why many are against co-sleeping. Sleeping through the night or settling is a misleading concept. Most adults and children periodically wake up throughout the night and fall back asleep without being aware of these awakenings, something infants cannot achieve right away. Parents of newborns cannot expect the baby to have eight hours of uninterrupted sleep especially in a room by themselves but they can expect gradual improvement. Wolfson, Lacks, and Futterman (1992) studies the effects of parent training on infant sleeping patterns, parents’ stress, and perceived parental compete...
Much of society mistakenly believes that each individual needs eight hours of sleep in order to have a full night’s rest. This is untrue because the amount of sleep you need has a large dependence on the many factors that influence healthy energy. Age is a large indicator of how much sleep is relevant to an individual. Studies done by Milner (2008), “Benefits of napping and an extended duration of recovery sleep on alertness and immune cells after acute sleep restriction” show that an adult needs nine hours a day in order to carry out work productively, feel rejuvenated, and maintain contented moods. In contrast, infants tend to need more time to rest their bodies even though they are less active. A young baby spends 2/3rds of their day
New parents often wonder when the best time is to train a baby to sleep through the night.
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