The child is timid and falls asleep by touching the breast. How can this be changed?

Patient's question:

The child is timid, afraid of strangers, and also likes to be's breasts before going to sleep. Please ask the expert how to break these habits.

Doctor's answer:

Hello! There are reasons behind a child being timid. One is that they have had too little exposure to external things, or perhaps they received inappropriate negative stimuli in certain situations or at home, which has caused their timidity. It is recommended that you take your baby outdoors more often and encourage them to interact with others to enhance their cognitive and social skills.
Children's ways of falling asleep are often diverse and varied. While it cannot be forced, some children may develop bad sleep habits. For example, some children insist on sucking on their mother's nipple, touching their mother's breast, or grabbing their mother's ear to fall asleep; others must have something in their mouth or their own fingers to sleep. These are very poor sleep habits. If parents notice these behaviors, they should correct them immediately. If left unchecked, these habits can become stubborn and very difficult to change later on.
It is not uncommon for children to have such bad sleep habits. Often, parents do not realize it at first, and in some cases, parents may even use such methods to soothe their children to sleep, dismissing them as harmless. By the time parents realize that their child must fall asleep this way, the habit has already formed. To break this habit, it is essential to find ways to change the established sleep pattern as early as possible.
Some parents often resort to forceful methods, which children may not accept and are indeed ineffective. To help children break this bad sleep habit, it is very important for all family members to be on the same page and find a sleep method that the child can accept. At the same time, parents can take steps to...

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