Why a progression and not a regression?

 

• Brain has matured into two different types of sleep: NREM and REM. Before this mark, baby would fall asleep, go into deep sleep, and stay there until ready to wake up.

• Your baby is now cycling through 4 stages of sleep to create a sleep cycles that on average is about 30-45 minutes.

• Your baby’s biological clock is fully formed! Circadian Rhythms are the natural sleep waves that run about 24 hours. The sun helps reset them.

Help your baby through this progression…

 

• Make sure their sleep environment is optimal: dark, cool, with sound machine.

• Early bedtimes! This will help prevent your baby from being overtired and payback any sleep debt that has been aquired.

• Teach your baby to fall asleep independently! This will give them the skill to be able to connect sleep cycles without sleep associations like being rocked.

 

Kara Strickland is the owner of Sleepy Sloth Solutions. You can follow her on Facebook and Instagram.