How to get better sleep for you and your baby: 0-12months waking frequently
This film is for parents and families of babies under one year old and looks at baby sleep and infant development in the first year in more depth, focusing on the journey parents, Katie and James, have had with their daughter.
In their first year, infants will learn how it feels to fall asleep in a safe comforting way with your help. By responding sensitively to the changes in your baby’s development you will build the foundations for a healthy sleep pattern. They will need you to be close as they learn to feel safe sleeping separately and you will need to be quite responsive, so as to reassure them. The part of the brain that helps them to deal with emotions like frustration has not yet developed.
10-month-old Jessica wakes regularly in the night having experienced silent reflux and torticollis. She is learning that sleep is a time for separation, gradually taking her cues from her environment and those around her. Her parent's kindly share their experiences in this short film. Health visitors, Paulene and Kate discuss with them why it can be helpful to consider experiences during pregnancy as well as the present to help parents tune in to their baby’s sleep needs.
All babies are different and need different types of soothing. Some children wake more naturally and with more energy than others. And conditions, such as silent reflux, can have an impact too.
Sleep is important for our physical and mental wellbeing and we know that from birth, sleep is fundamental for healthy brain development. While sleep is a natural instinct, it’s also a skill we develop: learning how to wind down and how much sleep we need. Sleep support resources created by psychologists and health visitors are now available at www.inourplace.co.uk/sleep to promote connected relationships between parents and infants to help children to learn and thrive as they grow.
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11 сен 2024
