1. Babies sleep and stay asleep better. Nighttime is a scary time for little people. Babies who sleep close to mother have less nighttime separation anxiety. A calmer baby sleeps better.
2. Many mothers and infants are able to achieve nighttime harmony. Mothers also sleep better because their closeness helps them not worry about their baby. Co-sleeping mothers and babies get their sleep cycles in a synchrony called nighttime harmony. When baby is about to awaken, mother gives her familiar presence, or close-by touch, which coveys a reassuring “it’s okay, go back to sleep” message to baby.
3. Breastfeeding is easier. Sleeping close to your baby allows easier access to the hungry baby. When baby is sleeping close-by in a co-sleeper, mother is able to easily get baby in and out for comforting and feeding, oftentimes without either member of the nursing pair fully awakening. Certainly this is much easier on mother and baby than having to get out of bed and go across the room or into another room to comfort a crying baby. By that time both mother and baby are wide awake and upset, and may have difficulty going back to sleep. On the other hand, co-sleeping enables both members of the nursing pair to get back to sleep more quickly.
4. Fits with today’s busy lifestyles. Sleeping close to each other allows mother and baby to reconnect and make up for any “touch-time” they missed during the day. This is why the Arm’s Reach Co-sleeper is an especially valuable nighttime parenting tool for working parents.
5. Babies thrive better. Babies who cry less, grow better. Co-sleeping babies cry less, so they can divert the energy that they would have wasted on crying into growing instead. One of the oldest “treatments” for babies who are not growing optimally is “sleep close to your baby”.
6. Parents and infants become more connected. Co-sleeping enhances parent-infant bonding. Because you have X hours of nighttime touch and comforting, co-sleeping allows family intimacy. Parents have their own sleeping space, baby has his or her own sleeping space, yet parents are close by baby to fulfill nighttime needs.
7. Infants develop healthy sleep habits. Co-sleeping helps your baby develop a healthy sleep attitude. Baby grows up regarding sleep as a pleasant state to enter and a fearless state to remain in. This healthy sleep attitude is one of the best lifelong investments you can make.
2. Many mothers and infants are able to achieve nighttime harmony. Mothers also sleep better because their closeness helps them not worry about their baby. Co-sleeping mothers and babies get their sleep cycles in a synchrony called nighttime harmony. When baby is about to awaken, mother gives her familiar presence, or close-by touch, which coveys a reassuring “it’s okay, go back to sleep” message to baby.
3. Breastfeeding is easier. Sleeping close to your baby allows easier access to the hungry baby. When baby is sleeping close-by in a co-sleeper, mother is able to easily get baby in and out for comforting and feeding, oftentimes without either member of the nursing pair fully awakening. Certainly this is much easier on mother and baby than having to get out of bed and go across the room or into another room to comfort a crying baby. By that time both mother and baby are wide awake and upset, and may have difficulty going back to sleep. On the other hand, co-sleeping enables both members of the nursing pair to get back to sleep more quickly.
4. Fits with today’s busy lifestyles. Sleeping close to each other allows mother and baby to reconnect and make up for any “touch-time” they missed during the day. This is why the Arm’s Reach Co-sleeper is an especially valuable nighttime parenting tool for working parents.
5. Babies thrive better. Babies who cry less, grow better. Co-sleeping babies cry less, so they can divert the energy that they would have wasted on crying into growing instead. One of the oldest “treatments” for babies who are not growing optimally is “sleep close to your baby”.
6. Parents and infants become more connected. Co-sleeping enhances parent-infant bonding. Because you have X hours of nighttime touch and comforting, co-sleeping allows family intimacy. Parents have their own sleeping space, baby has his or her own sleeping space, yet parents are close by baby to fulfill nighttime needs.
7. Infants develop healthy sleep habits. Co-sleeping helps your baby develop a healthy sleep attitude. Baby grows up regarding sleep as a pleasant state to enter and a fearless state to remain in. This healthy sleep attitude is one of the best lifelong investments you can make.
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