baby Sleeping Routine

Sleeping Routine

• Remember babies can pick up on your feelings. Try and relax with your baby so that the sleeping routine is enjoyable.
• A new baby never seems to sleep enough and parents often feel exhausted.
• Your baby should sleep at least 14 hours a day. Sometimes babies get overtired so they can't go to sleep.
• Your baby will feel more secure if there is a daily pattern - dinner, bath, story, bed. This is called a 'sleeping routine' and makes the baby feel calm and safe.
• Babies need good rules from the beginning:
  • Be consistent, especially with babies six months and older.
  • Keep to a pattern at bed time - meal, bath, story, bed.
  • Try giving baby something which tells them it's sleep time - a special piece of music or toy.
  • Make sure baby is peaceful at bed time with not much going on around them.
  • Keep your older child amused with books, puzzles and quiet things.
  • Make sure baby is getting enough sleep - if a baby is overtired they will find it hard to get to sleep.
  • Sleep patterns change as babies grow.
• Ngala Family Resource Centre has information, telephone support, home visits and a place to stay if sleep is a big problem.
• Talk to the Parenting Information Centre coordinator who can help you decide where to get help for your particular concerns.

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