What is self-soothing and how does a Miyo® Baby Hammock help establish good sleeping patterns?
‘Self-soothing’ simply means the baby learns that they can relax themselves and fall asleep without having to be rocked asleep. The hammock helps them to do this as they are put down. If they make any movement the spring translates this into a gentle rocking motion, and so to sleep. It is the same if they wake, as is natural, during the night. Babies don t tend to go from deep sleep to screaming in a second, it is a slower process but one that parent s do not usually see as they are asleep until the screaming starts. Again, a slightly awake baby will move, this rocks the hammock, putting them back to sleep. The baby learns that sleep comes easily and just as importantly they do not become dependent upon somebody picking them up to cuddle them as this in itself is a reward for waking up and screaming. This is the very first step in establishing good sleeping patterns and is the basis for why over 80% of parents in our survey reported their babies sleeping through the night by 4 months o
