Newborns sleep when they are full and wake up when they are hungry. They still can not distinguish between day and night, because they usually develop this ability between the third and sixth month of life. But you can help your child early to get to know the difference between day and night and thus set the course for a good, good and age-appropriate sleep patterns. With the following 10 tips you can create a good basis for the sleeping behavior of your baby:
Tip 1: Sleeping is not a punishment, but beautiful The best basis for a successful sleep development in your baby is a positive attitude to sleep. Teach your baby that sleeping is something beautiful and not a must. However, sleep should be something positive right from the start, teaching the children how to sleep is enjoyment. So sleep should never be enforced. "So it is important that your baby is well-advised to sleep. You can enhance the well-being of your baby by, for example, puckering it. Tip 2: The night is a time of rest In order to prolong the nightly sleep phases, you can help your baby to distinguish day and night early. It makes sense to let your baby have his daytime sleep in a bright room with normal background noise. At night, on the other hand, you will be able to walk very calmly in return and avoid much light or many words. Also, the diaper you should not change every waking phase, but only if it is really wet. If your baby gets the vial, it should be within easy reach at night, so you can quickly satisfy your hunger. Thus, good points are set, that your baby falls asleep quickly and goes through longer sleep phases in the night. Tip 3: Learn to fall asleep alone The best sleepers are usually the babies who have learned to fall asleep by themselves. Because they "do not miss" when they wake up at night and find that everything around them is as it was before falling asleep. For example, a baby who has fallen asleep during breastfeeding and later wakes up alone in his crib will probably cry and will not fall asleep without Mommy's help.For the sleep development of your baby, it is therefore beneficial if you put it in his bed from time to time while awake. Between the sixth and twelfth week of life, your baby learns best to fall asleep alone. The experts therefore recommend that the baby be put to bed from time to time in a sleepy but awake state. So you help your baby early, later fall asleep without your help. Tip 4: Prevent sleep-sucking association If your baby always falls asleep on your chest or while it's getting the vial, it learns to keep it in line with falling asleep. Many children do this and many have to deal with the dissolution of this connection later. To make sure that things do not get that far, it is recommends that,as soon as your baby about to fall asleep, remove the breast or the vial or the pacifier from the mouth as often as possible. So the chances are good that it learns to fall asleep without sucking. Tip 5: Recognize and prevent hunger at night Is your baby awake at night and fell hungry? Then of course you should breastfeed or feed as quickly as possible, so that it falls asleep quickly. Sometimes, however, these are just simple sleep sounds that your baby gives off and still tempt you to pick it up and breastfeed. If you can tell the difference between hunger and sleep sounds, your baby may wake up less often and eat less at night. Also make sure that your baby drinks extensively during his last meal before sleeping. If it is really full, it will not wake up so fast with hunger. If necessary, wake it up when you fall asleep drinking and you feel it has not drunk so much. Tip 6: Establish fixed procedures in good time From about the sixth week of life, you can try to get your baby already used to a certain daily routine. Well proven has the "two-hour rule", which means that you put your child in his cot, as soon as it was two hours awake. From the sixth month of life, your baby is also physically developed so far that it no longer needs food at night and thus can sleep through. From this point on, fixed sleeping and eating times should be the order of the day and should correspond to the sleeping needs of your baby. Choose the times that best suit your situation. Just make sure that the gaps between the daily naps and the last day's sleep and night sleep. Your baby's inner clock will adjust within a few days, so it will always get tired at these times. You should not interrupt the rhythm of your baby so developed at the beginning. Only when everything has settled correctly after two to three weeks, you can in exceptional cases, for example, for a weekend break, interrupt the regularity. Your baby can then quickly adapt to the usual routine. Tip 7: Fixed "hour before bedtime Maybe you've already noticed that your baby is sleeping well or fast after bathing? If your baby's skin is not too sensitive for a daily bath, there's nothing wrong with establishing your daily bath before going to bed as a ritual. In general, it is advisable to make the last hour before bedtime always the same. Especially enjoy the last few minutes before sleeping extensively with your baby by, for example, with him cuddling or vorsingst something. For more tips on designing this "hour before you sleep", see our article "Developing Rituals Before Sleeping". Tip 8: No late afternoon nap Make sure your baby was awake for at least 3 hours before taking a nap the day after. Between the last day's sleep and bedtime, you should at least four hours count. Otherwise, there is a risk that your baby is simply not yet tired enough to sleep. Tip 9: Right sleep environment Well bedded, it sleeps best. Make your baby a pleasant sleeping environment in a well-ventilated room. Make sure that the mattress is not too soft and avoid, especially in the first few months, that the air supply is affected by blankets, pillows, cuddly toys and other objects. A seasonal sleeping bag is enough for your baby. Tip 10: Relaxed mom Your baby will feel it when you are not relaxed. Use the nursing or nursing times therefore consciously for your own relaxation. Make it as comfortable as possible, especially at night. Take any help you can get, and do not put yourself under pressure because, for example, the household is not perfect. Have also realistic expectations: Your newborn will not sleep through at night. If you make this conscious, you will be able to handle it better.
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7/17/2022 04:09:01 am
To be honest i got to know this today that babies can not distinguish between day and night..
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