"讓寶寶哭沒關係"

大多數父母都曾經歷過熬夜試著安慰哭泣寶寶的折磨。害怕被人看作是失職的父母且給寶寶造成長期的有害影響，演變成晚上睡眠不足且提高了父母憂鬱的風險。幸運地，澳洲一項新研究指出讓寶寶哭沒關係。研究人員觀察了225個寶寶，其中一半接受睡眠訓練，也就是一般所謂的讓寶寶哭出來，讓父母坐在他們身邊直到他們睡著，同時另一半的寶寶們則頻繁地接受父母的安撫。實驗結果是接受睡眠訓練的寶寶和媽媽都改善了睡眠。媽媽們也較不容易受憂鬱或其他情緒問題所苦，且對寶寶的心理和行為健康狀況、睡眠品質、壓力和與父母的關係也都沒有造成傷害。

對話範例：

﹝哭泣的寶寶﹞海登和蘇珊是一對夫妻。現在夜已深，但他們的寶寶還是哭個不停。讓我們來聽聽他們的對話吧。

海登：妳可以去安撫她嗎？我明天得早起。我真的需要好好睡一覺。

蘇珊：嘿，你知道你不是唯一有工作的人吧。我昨晚陪了她一整晚了。今天該輪到你了。

海登：好吧……我會去看看問題出在哪。但是要是我在嬰兒床旁睡著了可別怪我！

蘇珊：我不會。事實上，我今天看到一篇報告說讓我們的寶寶哭一下是沒關係的而且我們不需要每次寶寶一哭就安撫他們。

海登：真的？但那樣不會讓寶寶覺得被父母棄之不顧然後因而對他們的發育有不良影響嗎

蘇珊：不會！研究報告裡的寶寶們都完全沒問題，而且寶寶跟媽媽們實際上都得到更好的睡眠。

海登：太好了！那就是我要做的！就靜靜的坐在她身邊等她學著自我調適。

蘇珊：很好！我則是要來好好的睡個像樣的覺！

(Health) Its Fine to Let Babies Cry It out

Most parents will have experienced the torture of staying up at night trying to soothe and comfort their crying babies. The fear of being seen as negligent and causing detrimental effects on babies in the long run has lead to sleepless nights and increased risk of depression for parents. Fortunately, a new Australian study now suggests it is OK. The researchers looked at 225 babies, half of whom underwent sleep training, or generally known as crying it out, with their parents sitting by their side until they fell asleep, while the other half were regularly comforted by their parents. The results were both children and mothers in the sleep training group had improved sleep. The mothers were also less likely to suffer from depression and other emotional problems, and no harm was done to the babies in terms of their mental and behavioral health, sleep quality, stress and relationship with their parents.

Dialogue Example:

(Crying Babies) Hayden and Susan are a couple. It is late at night, but their baby is crying nonstop. Lets listen to their conversation.

Hayden: Could you go and comfort her? Ive got to get up early tomorrow. I really need to get some good sleep.

Susan: Hey, youre not the only one that has a job you know. I stayed up with her all night last night. It should be your turn today.

Hayden: FineKIll go see what the problem is. But, dont blame me if I end up falling asleep by the crib!

Susan: I wont. In fact, I read a study today that said it is OK for us to let our babies cry it out and that we dont need to comfort them every single time they cry.

Hayden: Really? But wont that make the babies feel they are neglected by their parents and as a result have a negative impact on their development?

Susan: Nope! The babies in the study were completely fine and both the babies and their mothers actually had better sleep.

Hayden: Great! Then thats what Im going to do! Just sit there quietly with her while she learns to self-soothe.

Susan: Good! And Im going to get some decent sleep!

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