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Strategy to get those fussy infants to sleep just as good for the mother

Posted on Nov 15th 2007 4:36PM by Brian White

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

If you've been through the "new baby" phase with a new baby or a past one, you probably had many (many) sleepless nights. It's part of parenting and it's one that makes many moms stir crazy for a little while.

A new study released in Australia this week concluded that if moms can teach their babies to overcome sleep problems, the resultant benefits for the baby don't stop there: that mom also reaps benefits as well.

Moms who took part in the study felt less depressed when taught how to mitigate sleep problems in their younger children compared with a group that was not given any specific instructions for correcting sleep problems with their young ones.

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Tags: crying infant, CryingInfant, sleep amount, sleep deprivation, SleepAmount, SleepDeprivation, sleepless, sleepless infant, SleeplessInfant

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Rebecca Belle 10-29-2008 @ 5:33PM

Hi there, I just saw your blog and thought you might be interested in a new program that really helps put babies to sleep. I work for a company who has developed a product called sounds for silence, and that is exactly what happens when you practice this technique with your baby. It truly is amazing! Basically, Sounds for Silence is a program that was developed by a pediatrician with over 25 years of experience and is apart of a technique known as SMS. SMS is simply a combination of security (swaddling your baby), movement (engaging your baby in repetitive movements) and sounds (rhythmic, consistent and low frequency noises). In fact, we’ve asked moms and dads to try it out and have found 96.8% of babies were soothed by Sounds for Silence and that over half of babies were settled in less than 60 seconds. It really is quite amazing. To find out more, check out the website www.soundsforsilence.com.au