Sleeping babies

[kallistii]

Well, I was bouncing around at bOINGbOING, the web edition. and saw an article about getting babies to sleep regulary. It's called ferberizing your baby. Here is the definition:

"Question: What does it mean to "Ferberize" your baby?

Answer: Ferberizing means allowing your baby to cry for longer and longer periods of time each night before you briefly go check on her. At that point, you reassure her with your voice but don't pick her up, rock her, or feed her to calm her down. After about one week, a successfully "Ferberized" baby falls asleep by herself and soothes herself back to sleep if she wakes up during the night. She also can go to sleep on her own for daytime naps. "

Of course, those dealing with said may have already have heard about this, used or abandoned it..but, hey, I try and help where I can...

ttyl

Comments

[ravenlaughing.livejournal.com]

exactly. my friend was telling me just the other night about her ex having this kind of thing done to him as a child, and he's in therapy for being unemotional, unable to deal with interruptions, being unable to physically express affection, etc. There's a reason they did those studies that showed how the ignored baby monkey grew up dysfunctional.