The root of the problem often lies in your child’s sleep associations. All children learn to connect certain conditions with falling asleep. For most children, that means being in a particular bedroom, lying in a particular crib or bed, and perhaps holding a favorite stuffed animal or a special blanket. When they wake periodically during the night, as all children do between sleep cycles, most will promptly fall back to sleep, because the conditions they associate with falling asleep are still present. But if the conditions have changed, such children may not be able to fall asleep again
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