Bedtime! If you ask new parents about the time that is the toughest for them, most will definitely heave a sigh and say bedtime! To get baby to sleep is a tough job! Naturally, babies hate sleeping since they find the world to be such an interesting place.
With boundless energy, they want to explore the mysteries that surround them.
A new born cannot make out the difference between day and night.
What are your options? Babies don't understand logic.
You can't shout or scold them, this will only make matters worse.
So the best thing to do is provide a sleep conducive atmosphere.
In order to get baby to sleep at night, teach your baby that daytime is for eating, stimulation, and exploration.
Nighttime is for sleeping.
Set the standards, from the time you arrive home from the hospital, be consistent with your routine.
Routine tips on how to get baby to sleep: Always placing baby in her crib on her back to sleep.
This will slowly become a conditioned reflex and your baby will associate the crib with sleep time! Nap time should be at a regular consistent time each day.
This consistency, will help to get baby to sleep longer periods of time at night.
When you lay your baby down to sleep at night, set the right atmosphere.
Don't talk or play when you feed or change diapers.
Let the lights be low and soothing so that the baby can associate this kind of a quite atmosphere with sleeping.
Most parents like following a simple bedtime ritual of bathing their babies then reading to them.
This helps them to relax.
Babies are creatures of habit.
These rituals help them to make this association with sleep.
Consistent bedtimes and going to sleep rituals get baby to sleep easier and they stay asleep longer.