Chapter 9 Sleeping
Author(s)
Daws, Dilys
de Rementeria, Alexandra
Language
EnglishAbstract
Finding Your Way with Your Baby explores the emotional experience of the baby in the first year and that of the mother, father and other significant adults.
This updated edition is informed by latest research in neuroscience, psychoanalysis and infant observation and decades of clinical experience. It also includes important new findings about how the mother’s brain undergoes massive restructuring during the transition to parenthood, a phenomenon that has been named ‘matrescence.’ The authors engage with the difficult emotional experiences that are often glossed over in parenting books – such as bonding, ambivalence about the baby, depression and the emotional turmoil of being a new parent. Acknowledgement and understanding of this darker side of family life offer a sense of relief that can allow parents to harness the power of knowing, owning and sharing feelings to transform situations and break negative cycles and old ways of relating.
With real-life examples, the book remains a helpful resource for parents, as well as professionals interested in ideas from psychoanalytic clinical practice including health visitors, midwives, social workers, general practitioners, paediatricians and childcare workers.
Keywords
Rem Sleep,Babies Sleep,Good Night’s Sleep,Clinical Practice,Cot Death,Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,Rem,non-REM Sleep,Wo,Sleep Problems,Tonight,Baby's Feelings,Baby Likes,Early Weeks,Longest Sleep Period,Smooth,Bedtime Routines,Sleep Wake Rhythm,Holding,Physical Contact,Contact,Prophecy,Cleft Palate,Baby’s Rhythms,Regular Sleep PatternsDOI
10.4324/9781003081623-9ISBN
9780367533700, 9780367533694, 9781003081623Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2022Imprint
RoutledgeClassification
Child, developmental and lifespan psychology
Psychotherapy
Psychology