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Late last night, my wife and I had to really think about this one. Should we put our baby to sleep on her back or stomach? For whatever reason, our 6 week old daughter just couldn't get to sleep last night. We went through the list of possible reasons (hunger, gas, overstimulation, etc.) and there just didn't seem to be a reason.
Nighttime waking is one of the most common dilemmas for new parents. Sometimes a baby who started out sleeping through the night will begin waking again, much to the dismay of hie or her mom and dad! I wish I could offer you a magical solution to help you get more sleep at night. Here are a few simple tips you may want to try to get a bit more uninterrupted sleep:
If you haven't had a good night's sleep since your baby was born, you're not alone. Sleepless nights are a rite of passage for most new parents. But don't despair. You can help your baby sleep all night. Honestly!
In order to better understand the how-to's of getting you and your baby to enjoy going to sleep and staying asleep, here are some important principles of sleep that every new parent needs to understand.
Over the years of putting our own children to sleep and keeping them asleep, and counseling thousands of other moms and dads on various styles of nighttime parenting, here are some time-tested, proven attitudes and techniques. Most of these are applicable to infants and toddlers of all ages.
Recognise the situation? Everybody else's babies seem to sleep through the night in a snap, but yours...What did they do that I don't??? Well, chances are that the lucky parents didn't do anything, if the infant is still really young. There are actually babies that sleep through the night already at the age of 2 months without any help at all.
New research shows that instead of continuing to grow, the trend towards putting babies on their backs to sleep may have leveled off.
Moms speak out about the strange things they've done when they were lacking sleep.
For young children, going to sleep can be stressful. It means separating from the people they love, which can be scary. Your child's figuring out how to comfort himself to sleep -- this is what he's doing when he sucks on the blanket -- is an important accomplishment. Feeling "I can do for myself" builds a child's self-esteem and sense of security during the wild and wonderful toddler years.
When I was pregnant, my big complaint was insomnia, which began in my second trimester and only got worse. But even tougher was the reaction I got every time I mentioned my insomnia to anyone: "Just wait until the baby arrives."
