Newborn Care Tips

Does your newborn sleep through the night? In the first few weeks, new born babies sleep a lot.

They will not sleep when you want them to sleep.

There are many reasons that your newborn have trouble to sleep. Sleep problems are common in newborns.

The main thing is that they don’t know the difference between day and night. The other reason of newborn sleep problem is they can’t hold enough milk in their tiny stomach and after few hours they wake up for milk.

Newborn baby sleep can be affected when they are exposed to bright light or conversational speech sounds.

Follow these tips for your newborn sleep:

As the newborns don’t know the difference between day and night, you should establish the surrounding environment suitable for your baby. The room should be quiet, calm, dark and unstimulating to make your baby understand that it is the time to sleep.

Newborn sleeps eight to nine hours during daytime and about seven to eight hours at nighttime. They will be ready to drink milk for every three to four hours. At nighttime, there is no need to wake your newborn for feeding unless your doctor suggests it.

But, don’t allow your newborn to sleep more than five hours continuously without feeding in the starting months.

When your newborn cries in the night, reach him or her as soon as possible. Don’t allow the baby to wake up completely and reach a miserable state. Pick your newborn, soothe the baby and feed him/her.

Watch your newborn sleep pattern and if the baby is sleeping consistently, and waking up suddenly and crying, then you should notice that there might be some problem.

Put your newborn to sleep in the crib on his back or side when he begins to doze during daytime. When you put your baby always in the crib when he is sleepy, he learns that crib is the place for sleep.

It is natural that newborn sleep while sucking at the breast, bottle or pacifier. When your baby sleeps in this way, he learns to sleep while sucking and he cannot sleep I any other way. If you want your newborn to sleep without you, you can allow sometimes your newborn suck until he is sleepy.

Remove the breast or pacifier when he is not totally asleep. Sometimes, your baby resists when you remove the breast or pacifier. You can give him back and again remove it. In this way, they will learn to sleep without sucking.

Watch for tired signals in your baby. When you notice tired signals in your baby, put him down to sleep.

Your baby cannot understand his own sleep signs and if he is not put to sleep, it can lead to sleep depression. You have to carefully read your baby’s signs and put your newborn to sleep immediately.

If your newborn is still not sleeping, then consult your pediatrician so that he can diagnose if there are any other conditions that are making your newborn sleep disturbed.

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