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Over-Medicalisation of Infants: Is There a Tendency to Pathologise Normal Infant Behaviours?
"Your baby cannot fall asleep on his own because you breastfeed him to sleep — that is not normal" "He is 5 months old and should be sleeping through the night." "I will explain how establishing routines and autonomous settling will help regulate his sleep." "Feeding him to sleep is a bad habit. He associates sleep with feeding and this disrupts his nights." In Western society, we observe a growing tendency to label normal infant behaviours as "pathological" or "abnormal". Th

Elise Armoiry
2 hours ago3 min read
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