Are you tired of being awake with your baby through the night? Often, parenting is challenging for all new moms as it tests you when you are most fatigued, still recovering, and require proper rest. Never mind, as this fantastic journey will transform you into a more compassionate, considerate, self-dependent, and lovable person.
A few quick tips to help your baby sleep through the night are:
- Rock your baby to sleep: Babies feel highly secure when they have physical contact with their moms. Rocking them to sleep or massaging their feet gently with a massage cream can help babies fall asleep soon.
- Pat the baby for reassurance: Patting your baby when they show signs of waking up in the night can help. Patting gives reassurance to babies that they are safe and help them stay asleep longer.
- Wake up 10 minutes before your baby’s wake-up time: Babies have tiny tummies, which need to be fed in short intervals. By the end of three months, most babies follow a sleep routine roughly. A small tip here is to try to wake up 10 minutes before your baby’s wake-up time. Feeding them while they are asleep might not wake them up at all, giving you ample window to make up for your sleep.
- Take it easy: Every child has their own preferences and sleeps patterns, which takes time to fall in place. The initial few months are indeed taxing for you, your baby, and your spouse, so you must instead take it easy. Try to focus more on helping yourself recover by making up for the loss of sleep during the daytime. To feel energetic, upbeat, and rejuvenated, you may choose to go easy on your work commitments for a few weeks.