by phdinparenting on February 1, 2009
Sleep associations can be extremely powerful for babies, children, and adults. When a baby first comes into the world, he is usually able to sleep just about anywhere but doesn’t sleep for long stretches. Over time, your baby’s ability to sleep anywhere will change and sleep associations will be created. The good news is that [...]
by phdinparenting on December 21, 2008
A reader wrote to me for some help transitioning her very attached baby to a new caregiver. Here is what she said (bold is mine to emphasize some of the things I’ll touch on in my answer): Our baby has always been afraid of strangers -we attributed this to him getting sick & hospitalized very [...]