Get Your Baby To Sleep

Begin these activities before your baby is overtired in a quiet softly lit room.

Get your baby to sleep.

If your baby is 6 months or older and is still a night owl it s time you get with the program. Car seats and other sitting devices are not recommended for routine sleep. Never let your baby fall asleep while feeding. Give your baby time to settle down.

During the first month babies will spend around 16 hours a day sleeping. Make the change gradually. As babies get older nap times typically become more predictable. And even if you have a young infant it s never too early to teach smart sleep skills.

If you do this then your baby will associate feeding with sleeping and when they wake in the night they will be looking for a feed to get back to sleep. On the flip side if baby is eating well during the day they should be able to sleep for a 4 to 6 hour stretch at night by around 2 5 to 3 months. How to get a baby to sleep through the night as tempting as it is to rock your baby to sleep and then gently slide her into bed doing that every night makes your little one more reliant on yourhelp during those little middle of the night wakings. Always make sure you put your baby to bed while they are awake.

Do not you feed your baby to sleep. You need to understand that this is something new for them and you have to make the process as seamless and as comfortable as possible. This will help your baby associate bed with the process of falling asleep. Always put your baby down to sleep on his or her back.

Remember to place your baby to sleep on his or her back and clear the crib or bassinet of blankets and other soft items. After a newborn has been awake for one to two hours he or she will need to sleep again. Transitioning the baby from the comfort of your arms or bed to their crib can be challenging. This will usually happen in the form of three or four hour naps evenly spaced between feedings.

Put your baby to bed drowsy but awake. American academy of pediatrics getting your baby to sleep 2018. Always use a firm sleep surface.