The baby who is carried around a lot by his mother, and who takes naps in his
mother’s arms, is known to sleep well almost anywhere. These babies don’t need a crib to nap. As long as they are close to someone, they will sleep when tired. They have learned to associate the human body with comfort, warmth, and a state of relaxation that easily lulls them to sleep when they are tired. Carrying an infant even while he is napping really doesn’t deprive him of some necessary human need, which is, supposedly, to lie flat in bed while sleeping. However, this was apparently the feeling of one concerned lady upon seeing a child of eight months sleeping peacefully on his mother’s lap. “That poor child,” she remarked disgustedly to her friend. “He should be in his crib.”
