Why An Infant Should Sleep

After interviewing several people in regards to where an infant should sleep it was a split difference in where some approved of sharing the adult bedroom with the infant in a bassinet near them and others preferred a separate room with a baby monitor to hear their child. The majority agreed around the age of two years of age is when potty training is a good time to start, yet the majority also agreed to see if the child was not ready or was ready at a younger age, going with the flow of the child’s ability worked best. When it came to a three-month-old crying themselves to sleep, several parents let the baby fuss for a little bit, then checked on them to reassure their infant that they were still there. One parent refused to let her child cry themselves to sleep, in which she would give the infant to the dad and take a shower, in which the father felt crying themselves to sleep was beneficial, yet many …show more content…
The parents and children benefited from having others to help them out. I was told how having extended family nearby helped in the bonding process with one another’s children and helped the parents get a “date night” in which there was stress relieved due to parenting. Those who did not have family nearby often incorporated their children into all their activities such as going out for dinner and having the infant with them, in which case many of the waiters at the restaurants were very attentive to the parents and the infant. Parents who did not have extended family nearby did not feel this was a cultural issue, just a choice of where they wanted to live and family was not near