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Sleep Training and the Startle Reflex
Hi - I have a three month old boy and am about to go back to work next week. I would love it if he started sleeping longer at night - right now he starts out with a four or five hour stretch, but then wakes up every two or three hours. He still has a really strong startle reflex, though, which wakes him up and keeps him from sleeping deeply if he's not swaddled. We're still swaddling him at night, and his daytime napping is really sporadic. I start him out at night in a cradle in our room, and then put him back in it after he nurses the...
