m.kidshealth.org/parent/growth/sleep/sleepnewborn.html Encouraging Your Newborns Sleep You can help adjust your babys body clock toward sleeping at night by avoiding stimulation during nighttime feedings and diaper changes. Try to keep the lights low and resist the urge to play or talk with your baby. This will reinforce the message that nighttime is for sleeping. Overly tired infants often have more trouble sleeping than those whove had an appropriate amount of sleep during the day. So, keeping your baby up in hopes that he or she will sleep better at night will not necessarily work. Consider establishing some sort of bedtime routine (bathing, reading, singing) to help get your baby to relax in the coming months. Even though your newborn may be too young to get the signals yet, setting up the bedtime drill now can keep you on the right track later. What if your baby is fussy? Its OK to rock, cuddle, and sing as your baby is settling down. For the first months of your babys life, spoiling is definitely not a problem. In fact, studies have shown that babies who are carried around during the day have less colic and fussiness. The first months of a babys life can be the hardest for the parents because you are potentially getting up every few hours to tend to the baby. Each baby is different in terms of when he or she will sleep through the night, and parents differ regarding when theyre comfortable with encouraging their newborn to do so. By 2 months most babies are sleeping 6 to 8 hours through the night. If your baby isnt sleeping through the night by 4 months, talk with your doctor about how you can help this to happen.
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:56:53 +0000
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