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Nikki shares that a mom wrote:
 
 
' "Earlier bedtime, carb loading and crying it out worked for us. She used  
to love the pre-dawn wake up but has given it up and now sleeps 12+ hours 
at  night!!!"

So sad. What is this baby learning?'

~~~
That carbs are the answer to loneliness?
Ah the American way...
 
I often feel insane, thinking this way - like I live on this  planet where 
I am an alien who uses a different language and has  different culture. This 
mom obviously thinks her baby is learning how to  sleep in a healthy way. 
Loving waking up before dawn to greet the day and have  some time with her 
family before things get more hectic is seen as a habit to  "give up" like 
smoking or chewing one's nails to the quick? That's a knee jerk  reaction from 
me, admittedly. I don't know how old this child is, nor the social  or 
medical issues of this family. I know moms who suffer from depression need  
sleep, and sometimes a lot of uninterrupted sleep. I know I have a visceral  
reaction I cannot control when I hear the phrase "cry it out" touted as a  
strategy needed for all babies to sleep "well". I look around at the obesity of  
our population and think "oh here is where it can start". And I cringe when 
I  hear "carb loading" applied to ANY child, especially as a way to shut a 
child  down for 12 hours. Is sleeping now treated like a 1980s marathon, 
where one  loads on pasta up for the marathon of sleep? How many things are 
going  wrong here...
 
Just knowing other people on this list are also potentially my alien  commun
ity at large is a little help...
 
Peace,
Judy  

Judy LeVan  Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL
Brooklyn, NY,  USA
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