![]() Even if you don’t mind it at bedtime, this becomes problematic in the middle of the night, when the baby wakes up between sleep cycles. When this happens, the baby is not able to fall asleep any other way. ![]() If you always resort to the same method of soothing your baby to sleep, for example, nursing him to sleep, then by the age of 5-6 months, a steady sleep association may develop. For example, if you nurse your baby to sleep, try to make sure that your baby will fall asleep with other “sleep props” as well (rocking, holding, snuggling, white noise, pacifier, etc.) It is also important to diversify the ways your baby falls asleep, even if they still need your help. When the baby wakes up at night, give her a moment to see if she will fall back asleep without your assistance, before you rush to soothe her. Otherwise, when they wake up in the middle of the night and discover they are no longer in your arms or next to you, they will cry for you. ![]() When they have started to fall asleep, but can still register where they are. The best way to do that is to put them into their crib (or wherever you expect them to be sleeping the rest of the night) drowsy, but awake. However, from around three months of age, you can start supporting your baby in becoming an independent sleeper. Any form of sleep training, if you choose to go this way, should not start before the age of six months. Gradually, babies become able to fall asleep with less help from adults. An appropriate schedule, good sleep hygiene, and a correct bedtime routine will go a long way! Whichever is the case for you, it is normal! After the first three months, it tends to become easier to get the baby to sleep in places other than your arms!Īfter the first three months, we can start helping the baby to become a good sleeper. Others need much more help and can only sleep in close proximity to a parent. Some newborns sleep a lot and are able to sleep alone in a pram or crib. Sleep “props” can include sucking (breast, pacifier, or own thumb), being rocked and other kinds of motion, being swaddled or held tight, body contact with a caregiver (being held or snuggled), white noise. Newborns need help to calm down and enter sleep.But after that, their sleep becomes deeper, and it may be easier to leave them to sleep alone. This means that the first 25 minutes of sleep, the baby can easily be woken up (for example, if you transfer them from your arms into the crib or make a loud noise). Newborns enter sleep through a lighter stage of sleep, which takes up about 25 minutes.Otherwise, your health care provider may advise you to wake them up and feed them at night. Do not expect a newborn to sleep through the night, and if they do tend to sleep long stretches, make sure they are gaining weight properly. Their stomachs are tiny and they need to eat every 2-3 hours. ![]()
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