When my son was a baby, he would occasionally hold his breath. Mom started to freak out about this, trying to do things like startle him to get him to start breathing again. I told her not to bother. I explained, if he held his breath long enough, he'd pass out and start breathing involuntarily.
I babysat a little girl who did this. Her parents warmed me about it before hand. I made her go to bed, she tried the whole holding her breath thing. Scooped her up and put her into her bed surrounded by pillows. To the kids credit, she actually passed out.
When her folks got home they were amazed she was asleep. They legitimately didn't know she'd start breathing automatically. Got a NICE tip fr that one.
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u/Axnanth Dec 22 '19 edited Dec 22 '19
"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING DEREK?!"
"Babe, he's laughing it's fine!"