Helping your child to sleep
Sleeping should be such a natural process, but sometimes it can take a bit of practise to get it right. This is particularly true when you have a new baby who may have other ideas of when it is ‘natural to sleep’. You may even find that, all of a sudden, you have fallen into bad habits because you are so desperate to revert back to normal sleeping hours and now you realise that these habits can be really difficult to shift.
Luckily, developing a healthy sleep routine is a skill that can be learnt, and creating a good sleep pattern is an important step in your child’s upbringing. Getting the right amount of sleep is crucial in order for you, and your child, to function at an optimal level allowing you to enjoy life’s little pleasures. When we are rested, we are able to socialise more easily, we learn and retain knowledge better and generally, we approach life in a more positive and inquisitive manner.
The Sleep Sense method, that I discuss here, covers a range of worries you may have in relation to your baby or toddler, like wanting to discover what to do when your child refuses to go to bed, maybe they are having trouble falling asleep, cry excessively or wake up several times in the night.
Are you the new zombie on the block?
You have a new baby, and all of a sudden, sleeping has become a luxury. You are sleep deprived, you feel like a zombie which makes you anxious, irritable and everything seems like such an effort. You have even started to worry whether you will ever get a full night’s sleep. The great news is that your child is capable of becoming a better sleeper. You simply need to discover how to crack it, by finding out how to implement new schedules, routines and ways of handling your child who is not sleeping. |
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Benefits of sleep training program
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- Suitable from 3 months and up since the program is adapted to your child’s age
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My quick sleep training tips
Needless to say, my article is never an adequate replacement for a specialised and comprehensive sleep training program, however, I wanted to get you started with a few quick tips. Rest assured, if you decide to proceed with the sleep training program, you will have access to a huge range of methods and problem solving techniques. Here’s some food for thought:
- It is always best to put your child into bed while they are still awake, it will teach your child to settle themselves if they wake up in the night.
- Avoid the trap of rocking your baby to sleep, it easily becomes a routine that they will associate with ‘falling asleep’.
- Start a good bedtime habit, and follow it every evening. Having a calming bedtime schedule sends signals to your child that it is time for bed.
- Help your baby distinguish between daytime and night time. Daytime feeds happen in the kitchen or living room with surrounding noise. Night time feeds take place in the nursery with either a dim light or no light, if possible.
- If your baby is finding it difficult to fall asleep because they don’t want to ‘miss out on the fun’, let your baby focus on some white noise instead. This is easily introduced by using a white noise machine, a relevant recording or any other electronic device that will safely produce this type of white noise.
About the Sleep Sense program
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3 Replies to “Parents, are you ready for a good night’s sleep?”
We have a new baby, and this post seems to be just for my wife and I. Our son doesn’t sleep at night, so we don’t too though he naps during the day but we can’t due to our type of job. How can we become part of the Sleep Sense program? Also, which package do you think suits us right because we’re losing it?
Congratulations on your new baby. Sleep is crucial for parents to allow you to function with daily tasks, and still enjoy your new bundle of joy. Find out how to get your baby into a sleep pattern by clicking the big blue button ‘Find Out More’ at the end of the article, and you can see the different options available to you and your wife. Happy dreams.
LOL, I hear parents complain all the time they cannot get their kids to go to sleep at a “normal” hour. Other than the screens that are attached to their faces, there are a few other things you can do to prepare them for bed each night. I feel like you have some really good tips here. With 3 kids, older than 5, I feel that I have a pretty good routine down and I think it just takes discipline of the parents to do what is right for the kids.