Should you wait for you baby until s/he feel drowsy before laying her/him down or do something to make her/him sleep?
Should you wait for you baby until s/he feel drowsy before laying her/him down or do something to make her/him sleep?
Generally people start a routine. The baby slowly gets conditioned to this ritual. And dozes off without much effort.
Roughly the same time every evening. Generally winding down as in not playing and stimulating her mind and attention. Slowly progressing towards down time of quietude and rest
Feeding, massaging with oil, bathing another feed and laying for sleep
Dimming the lights in baby's sleeping space
That is the theory, there will be variations. It does not always go to plan. Babies/children do mirror mum's own state of mind. So if you relax too during that routine, the baby will fall asleep faster. But of make it as a chore and a goal to accomplish, then it may become a bit of battle. Hurry is tension and baby picks it up
Some people just like it to be as it comes. Whatever suits you is right. As long as you both are happy.
Don't get bogged down by too many agendas of bedtimes. Everyone told me off for having my son in my bed past 6 months and keeping awake well past 10 some evenings. I did not take blind bit of notice! Do what feels right for you. Enjoy your baby. It is a very special time. They do grow faster than you can imagine.
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The problem is that just when i get use to her sleeping early at night, the next week she also sleeps very late and that kept me awake the whole night feeling restless the next day.
Babies can generally do what we have forgotten how to - they sleep when they are tired. Trust her to know what she needs.
Your baby will get the amount of sleep she needs when she needs it. Don't rely on baby books or be seduced by what well meaning people may tell you based on what THEY did or how their baby was. Your baby and you are a unique partnership....and what is right for you will be different to what is what is right for others
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Try not to give your kid the noiseless treatment. "Amazingly, the sounds they heard all day, every day in the uterus spoke the truth twice as noisy as a vacuum cleaner, so children love and need solid musical commotion. Utilize a repetitive sound, a radio tuned to transmit static, or a nature-sounds CD?or let her rest close to the dishwasher.
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Lights push your child's biological 'go' button," says Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Sleep Solution. On the flip side, darkness triggers the brain to release melatonin, a key sleep hormone. Keep your baby's days bright and his nights dark and he'll quickly figure out when it's time to sleep.
- During the day, allow plenty of sunlight into the house or take him outside. Put your baby down for daytime in a well-lit room (unless he has trouble falling asleep at nap time).
- To induce nighttime sleepiness, consider installing dimmers on the lights in your baby's room, but also in other rooms where you both spend lots of time. Lower the lights in the evening (up to two hours before bedtime) to set the mood.