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[siercia]

I know I shouldn't rock her to sleep at naptime. I know it teaches her bad habits, and makes it harder to get her to sleep on her own.

But there is something good for my soul in holding her while she sleeps, listening to her breathe and feeling her head drooped heavily against my shoulder.

It makes me feel so calm and peaceful.

Comments

Sigh...

[sarahparah.livejournal.com]

I know. It's yummy. There's a lot of stuff you're "not supposed" to do, but you know when it just feels right.

Re: Sigh...

[siercia]

Yeah. I'm not so sure all those "experts" really know what they're blabbering about anyway.

Re: Sigh...

[epowell.livejournal.com]

The same 'experts' who say that children shouldn't be energetic, with no attention spans, run around and scream, and therefore should be on a 24/7 Ritalin drip?

Rock children to sleep. Let them run and scream. Accept that they won't focus on things like adults until they are adults. If it hasn't had any bad effect on homo sapiens for the past several hundred thousand years, its not going to suddenly START.

I'll stop ranting now.

Hmmm

[tarecat.livejournal.com]

I donno why It's wrong. I loved it when my grandMum would rock me to sleep. She'd sing to me too. It was great. : ) It's one of my best childhood memories.

*sniffels* My Grandma rocks!

Re: Hmmm

[siercia]

The thinking behind the it's wrong camp essentially goes like this...

If you rock (nurse/cuddle/sing)your child to sleep all the time, they'll never learn how to just fall asleep on their own. Since babies (all people, really) tend to wake briefly at times during the night, if your baby can't fal asleep by themselves, you'll be getting up twice a night to help them fall back asleep.

But, the 2 or 3 times a week that I put her down for naptime probably won't cause any major upset, so I do it anyway.

[quiltlover.livejournal.com]

Children are so irresistable. I love rocking my daughters to sleep. Cherish it while you can. Once they get past a certain age, it will be gone.