Baby Sleep Tips and Trick
This article was written to answer many of the most frequently
asked questions on this topic. I hope you find all of this
information helpful. As a new parent, one of your priorities
will be to establish good sleeping habits with your baby. Your
baby needs to learn to sleep on his own; the transition from
sleeping with his mother to sleeping by himself takes some time.
Of course, as add added bonus, if you get your baby to learn to
sleep on his own you will also get some much needed rest
yourself. To instill good sleeping habits in your baby, research
and try to employ different baby sleep tips: try a lot of things
and see what works for you, and don\'t be afraid to trust your
instincts. Don\'t bite off more than you can chew
Many baby sleep tips center on the idea of establishing routines
and associations for your child between nighttime and sleep. The
sooner you child begins to associate bedtime with sleep, the
more likely he is to be able to go to sleep without a fuss. A
period that is often overlooked, however, in establishing day
vs. night associations, is the period of \"transition\" - that
is, the one between being awake and falling asleep. Here are
some transitioning techniques to try:
Try what is sometimes called \"fathering down.\" Just before
placing the baby into bed, the father should cradle the baby in
such a way that the baby\'s head rests on the father neck. The
father should then talk gently to the child. Because the male\'s
voice is much deeper than the female\'s, babies are often more
soothed by it, and will fall asleep more easily after being
exposed to it for some time.
You can also try what is sometimes referred to as \"wearing
down.\" This is effective if your baby has been active
throughout the day and is too excited to go to bed easily. All
you have to do is place your baby in a sling or carrier - \"wear
him\" in other words - for about half an hour before his
bedtime. Simply go about your regular household activities:
being close to a parent and slowly rocked about before bedtime
will provide your child with an easier transition from being
awake to being asleep.
Finally, if you\'ve exhausted other options, you can go for the
tried and true method of \"driving down.\" Most parents are
probably familiar with this as a last resort: place your baby in
the car and drive around for awhile until he falls asleep. This
one, while inconvenient, usually works every time, and if you
desperately need some sleep it can be a godsend.
Obviously, you don\'t want to do things like drive around every
night to get your child to sleep. Nor do you want to have to
carry him around in a sling. The idea, though, is to start with
these more drastic techniques and then slowly ease out of them.
Keep in mind what a major transition your baby is going through
when he is tiny: he\'s never slept on his own before. He simply
doesn\'t know how to transition himself from being awake to
being asleep. By employing these transition techniques you will
be slowly teaching him how to do so, and as they are gradually
removed your baby will learn good sleeping habits, which will
ensure that both you and your child get a good night\'s rest.
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