Drowsy but awake
Also called drowsy-but-awake, put down drowsy but awake
Drowsy but awake describes a baby who is sleepy and calm but still awake when they are put down to sleep. The idea is that the grown-up does most of the soothing and the baby does the last bit of falling asleep on their own.
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Who says it
Where it came from
The phrase comes from baby sleep advice about who does the last part of falling asleep. Mount Sinai's parenting center puts it as the caregiver doing 90% of the soothing and the baby practicing the last 10% alone.
Sleep coach Kim West uses the term in her articles and in her book Good Night, Sleep Tight, and says families often write to ask her what it means.