SLEEPING PATTERN
Babies sleep up to 20 hours a day during the first month after birth. Their need for sleep then gradually decreases. By about three months of age, most infants begin to enjoy a playful waken period each day. At such times, you may very well put the baby near other members of the family. After a play period, the baby may be fed, changed and put back in bed.
Babies sleeping patterns vary a lot. When they are very small, many babies sleep for most of the time between feeds. Others remain awake for long spells. As they grow older babies begin to develop some sort of pattern of waking and sleeping. This pattern will change as time goes by. It is unlikely to be the same pattern as that followed by other babies you know. Just as some babies cry more than others, when your baby is ready for sleep and can be happily put down. A baby that is used to being put to bed when ready for sleep, but not before, is more likely to settle into an undisturbed sleep. Some babies settle better after a warm bath. Most sleep after a good feed. A baby who wants to sleep is not likely to be disturbed by ordinary household noises, so there is no need to keep the whole house quiet while your baby sleeps. It is best if a child gets used to sleeping through a certain amount of noise!
For the first two months or so, the safest way for babies to sleep is on their fronts, head to one side, or else curled up on one side. Then, if the baby vomits, there is no chance that he will choke. Babies should not use pillows because of the danger of suffocation.
MAKING THINGS INTERESTING …..FOR YOUR BABY
Even very young babies like to have interesting things to look at brightly colored beads, for example, hung across the pram, a soft toy in the cot or a moving toy overhead.
As your baby begins to spend more time awake, you need to provide more entertainment.
Babies sleep up to 20 hours a day during the first month after birth. Their need for sleep then gradually decreases. By about three months of age, most infants begin to enjoy a playful waken period each day. At such times, you may very well put the baby near other members of the family. After a play period, the baby may be fed, changed and put back in bed.
Babies sleeping patterns vary a lot. When they are very small, many babies sleep for most of the time between feeds. Others remain awake for long spells. As they grow older babies begin to develop some sort of pattern of waking and sleeping. This pattern will change as time goes by. It is unlikely to be the same pattern as that followed by other babies you know. Just as some babies cry more than others, when your baby is ready for sleep and can be happily put down. A baby that is used to being put to bed when ready for sleep, but not before, is more likely to settle into an undisturbed sleep. Some babies settle better after a warm bath. Most sleep after a good feed. A baby who wants to sleep is not likely to be disturbed by ordinary household noises, so there is no need to keep the whole house quiet while your baby sleeps. It is best if a child gets used to sleeping through a certain amount of noise!
For the first two months or so, the safest way for babies to sleep is on their fronts, head to one side, or else curled up on one side. Then, if the baby vomits, there is no chance that he will choke. Babies should not use pillows because of the danger of suffocation.
MAKING THINGS INTERESTING …..FOR YOUR BABY
Even very young babies like to have interesting things to look at brightly colored beads, for example, hung across the pram, a soft toy in the cot or a moving toy overhead.
As your baby begins to spend more time awake, you need to provide more entertainment.
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