Don't freak out at that title. Yes, I know it seems odd - this is The Baby Sleep Site®, after all! Shouldn't we be talking about how to put an awake baby to sleep, and not the other way around? Well, stick with me. While we do specialize in helping sleepless babies find their sleep, we also offer tips on how to keep a baby awake - or how to wake a sleeping baby - and when it makes sense to wake your baby. And one of the occasions when you may find you need to keep your baby awake is
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Nursing Baby To Sleep: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Let's be honest here - we've all done this. When your baby is crying at 2 a.m., and you know that offering a quick feed would silence those cries and put that baby right back to sleep, what do you do? Simple...you feed that baby to sleep! Feeding a baby to sleep is one of the quickest and easiest ways to help your baby relax and fall asleep, to be sure...but it's not without its drawbacks. There's a "dark side" to feeding your baby to sleep. And this is just what we're studying in