Baby Care

Baby Sleeping Tips And Requirements

Sleep is very important to babies’ health and development. If Your Baby does not get enough sleep, he may have trouble getting through the day and especially a night. As a parent, it is good to know that napping actually helps a baby to sleep easily at night, so it is a wrong belief that keeping your baby awake during the daytime will make him sleep better at night.

Getting baby to sleep may be a difficult time for most parents. Most parents look forwards to the night they can put their baby to sleep in the crib and get some undisturbed sleep for themselves. If the baby frequently wakes during the night, the parents get easily exhausted too. So, it is very essential to overcome your baby’s sleeping problems as soon as you can to assist your baby into a health growth and development. Getting your baby to sleep is not an easy job and comprehensive baby sleep training is required.

Newborns

Newborns normally sleep sixteen or more hours a day. As your baby’s nervous system matures, he will develop a more consistent sleep schedule later in his life. However, at 3 months, many babies sleep at least five hours at a time. And by age 6 months, their sleeping hours are within nine to twelve hours.

3 To 6 Months

At 3 months, the baby’s sleeping habits will become more consistent. At this time, you can begin developing a regular nap schedule. Babies have their own understanding and they need the right signs to know when it is time to sleep. Even if it doesn’t work immediately, soon your baby will come to learn it. By 4 months, babies need at least three naps a day; in the morning, afternoon and early evening.

6 Months To 1 Year

During this period of your baby’s life, the average sleep is fourteen hours a day, but anything less or more can be normal for your baby. Babies’ nap time change from 3 naps a day to 2; longer naps in the morning and in the afternoon.

Baby Sleeping Tips

Place your baby in bed when he is drowsy but awake using a comfortable, flat and soft mattress. A pacifier might also help your baby to sleep comfortably, but never use this until breastfeeding is well established. Don’t place your baby in bed with a bottle on his side. A consistent daytime and nighttime sleep pattern is helpful and maintaining a consistent bedtime routine is essential.

You can also make use of baby sleep aids to help your baby to sleep. The common thing is a soft blanket which does not only keeps your baby comfortable but also gives safety and warmth. Music can also be helpful, you can play your baby’s favorite lullaby to calm him and make his sleeping time relaxing.

In addition, according to research, babies under six months should not sleep in the same bed with their parents because the study shows an increase risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Actually, about fifty percent of infants who die of SIDS are in a bed-sharing with their parents’ situation. Statistically, one in every two thousand babies die of SIDS each year.

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