Sweet dreams for little minds

Helen O’Callaghan on getting babies to sleep at night

WHEN it comes to getting children aged over six months to sleep at night, parents need to create sleep associations rather than rely on sleep aids.

So says baby sleep expert Niamh O’Reilly (thenursery.ie), who gives examples of sleep aids parents often use to get children to nod off — having them fall asleep on bottles or feeds, to all-night low music, with motion of car or buggy.