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hi do you think it is negative to nurse baby to sleep for any reasons?thanks gia
no, I don't. In fact, it is better for the baby's brain development to have sleep be soothing. The only down side is that people will tell you that you are spoiling the baby, which isn't really what is happening, you are acutally just meeting his needs. something you want to do while the baby is young, and secondly it might be a habit that you yourself don't like as you have to be there with them while they fall asleep when you think you could be doing something else. When reality often says the opposite. Even if you put the baby down and it starts crying , you still get nothing done. or you have to keep going back into the room. Your better off just nursing to sleep, save the time energy and enjoy the blissful moments of the little one as soon they wont be there :)
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| Comment | love your response, thanks, i look forward to nursing my new baby at night in a few months. i have a 2 and a half year old and nursed until just recently when she self weened and i nursed her to sleep forever and loved it, i felt absorbed in her and blissful as you say. my pedi insists its a bad habit and was wondering your opinion if there is any specific reason for it to be thought of as negative, since i didn't see one. thank you | ||
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ruth kraft
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