Getting Baby to Sleep Through the Night

So you are having trouble getting your baby to sleep through the night. Well you are not the only parents that struggle with this. This is a common problem because baby has to be taught how to fall asleep on his/her own. So here are some tips to help you and your baby get some sleep.

First of all you need to establish a bedtime routine. A bedtime routine is the key to helping baby settle down. Tryto put baby to bed at the same time every single night and try to keep naps at the same time each day as well. When baby does the same thing every night then baby will know that its time for bed. A bedtime routine could consist of...

Giving baby a bath, getting baby ready for bed, putting on pajamas, reading baby a story, some cuddling and then put baby in the crib. Baby may reject at first but in a few days baby will catch on and won't reject the bedtime routine. Baby will know that it is time to go to bed and go down happily. You will be amazed as I was how easy it was to put my baby to sleep.

You should put baby to sleep in the same place every time. This may be hard especially when baby is in day care and takes naps there. When you can, put baby to sleep in the same place every time. Baby should fall asleep in his/her crib every time, this way baby is familiar with his/her surroundings and will feel safe and secure falling asleep there.

Baby should be put in his/her crib when awake and then put his/ her to sleep. Babies wake up in the night and then go back to sleep. If baby is going to sleep while being rocked or nursing and then you put baby in the crib when baby wakes up he/she will want mom, and will become fully awake, and will have trouble getting back to sleep.

All bedtime routine activities need to take place in your baby's room. So putting baby's pajamas on, reading a bedtime story and any other activities that happen about 30 min before bed should be in baby's room. Try to have everything that you may need with you so that you don't have to leave the room, undoing everything you have already done to prepare baby for bed. Every bedtime routine will vary.

Tell your baby every night when it's time to go to sleep. This is how I start my bedtime routine. I say it's bedtime, tell everyone goodnight. So we go around and say goodnight to everyone and then we go to his room. Telling your baby this every night followed by the bedtime routine will let baby know what is expected of him/her. Baby will know that it is time for bed, and go down happily.

Of course there are many other factors that go into baby sleeping through the night, you should see an improvement in babies sleep, by just establishing a bed time routine, and having baby put him/herself to sleep.