Studies show that the more nights during the week your baby follows a bedtime routine the better she ll sleep.
Tricks to get your baby to sleep at night.
Do not you feed your baby to sleep.
If your baby is the type that wakes at night hungry a dreamfeed might help.
Once you get the okay from your doctor to stop night feedings you should slowly start to reduce them.
Start weaning the night feedings.
The amount of time you wait depends on you and your baby.
Make sure your baby is getting the right amount of daytime sleep to prepare.
Try an evening bath to mark the end of the day.
Coined by robert bucknam m d in on becoming babywise the term dreamfeed refers to a parent directed late evening feeding.
The real tricks to get your newborn to sleep are more about removing barriers and accessing your little one s needs in a way that encourages and supports consistency.
Here s how to get baby to sleep through the night.
Put your baby in her crib drowsy but awake.
Remember that sleep is pretty natural so your instincts will serve you really well here.
If you do this then your baby will associate feeding with sleeping and when they wake in the night they will be looking for a feed to get back to sleep.
Let your baby cry it out should you or shouldn t you.
Always make sure you put your baby to bed while they are awake.
Instead of waiting for her to wake up hungry feed your baby before you go to bed while she is asleep.
If your baby cries wait a few minutes before you check on her.
Now let s take a look at how to thrive with getting your newborn to sleep.
Follow a schedule.