We spend an average of one-third of our lives asleep in bed. While this may be a fact we have all heard before, it’s a figure that still loses none of its impact. Sleep is essential for each and every one of us. It restores our immune system, is required for laying down memory, renews energy levels, restores mental function and is essential for physical growth.
It is important to put your child to bed at the same time every night. This will help her body clock to stay on track and make it easier for her to fall asleep quickly. Changing the bed time everyday will make it harder for her to settle down and get to sleep.
It’s a good idea to teach your baby that nighttime is different to daytime from the start. During night feeds you may find it helpful to:
1. keep the lights down low
2. not talk much and keep your voice quiet
3. put your baby down as soon as they’ve been fed and changed
4. not change your baby unless they need it
Your baby has become increasingly social by four or five months, and it’s natural for him to protest being put to bed. But constantly checking on your baby or picking him up when he cries only disrupts the process of learning to fall asleep—and Weissbluth stresses it most definitely is a learned process.
Parents who jump through hoops to get their babies and young children to sleep—driving them around in the car, sleeping on the floor by the crib—are not allowing their children to develop the self-soothing skills they need to be good sleepers.
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