Sleep Patterns of Infants (0-3 months)
The new baby has a range of sleep a very long time, 17 to 18 hours per day in the first weeks of their birth, and slowly reduced to 15 hours per day in the third month. Yet the new baby had never slept longer than 3-4 hours of sleep each time, either night or day during the first weeks.
Caution: When you sleep you'll be much disturbed. At night you
should be breast-feeding and diapering babies, while during the day you'll play with it. Some new babies there who can sleep through the night from birth to 6 weeks old, but most of this new pattern is achieved when they are babies 5-6 months. You can help your baby achieve a long night sleep patterns is by practicing good sleep habits early on.
Tip establish healthy sleep patterns
- Recognize signs of fatigue
During the sixth week until the eighth week, a new baby can not be
stay awake for more than two hours. If you buy more time before him to sleep, the baby will be exhausted and have trouble sleeping. Watch for signs that aims baby when she was sleepy. For example, rubbed his eyes, pulling ears, or seen the dark shadows under his eyes. If you catch
signs like these, or other signs of sleepiness, sleep baby soon. As new parents, do not hesitate to your sensitivity to the signals indicated the little guy.
- Train your child to recognize the difference of day and night
Many new babies who wake in the night-termed
night owl, they really wake up when you're getting ready for bed. During the first few days after birth, you can not do anything for this. But when the new baby has entered the age of 2 weeks, you start to train it to distinguish between night and day. When he was awake all night, play with your baby as often and as long as possible, keep the room where the child was bright, and let the various sounds such as telephone, TV, or clothes dryer sounds. If your child shows symptoms of falling asleep at meal time, wake him up.
While at night, do not invite your child to play if he got up to feed. Avoid excessive light and sound, and not too much to talk to him. If you do this
intense, then shortly after starting to train your child will know the difference in this atmosphere, to understand that nighttime is the time to sleep.
- Allow him to fall asleep alone
When it reaches the age of 6-8 weeks, let your baby decide
time of her own bed. The trick is, to put it in bed when he was getting sleepy, though his eyes still open. You should not hold or patted. Because if you do this since the baby was premature, why then you hope he is sleeping without being patted, sung or sling?
- Feeding at night
Breastfeeding or not breastfeeding, it is a question that is often questioned by new mothers at night. All experts agree
that if your baby is not yet 3 months old, you should feed him every time he wakes up. After he was older than 3 months, do not let your child do it.
Jodi Mendel (expert on sleep disorders of children): "The new baby is only eating and sleeping all day. Give breast milk if your child is hungry at midnight, but make sure lights are not bright when you are breast-feeding. Avoid the various
sound during breastfeeding. "
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