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Sleep is very important for your baby's early growth and development. However, you may find it hard to get your baby off to sleep or, she may slips naturally into good sleep habits. An infant cannot distinguish the difference between day and night. The usual sleep pattern of a typical baby during the first 2 months of life is to randomly sleep from 16 to 20 hours within a 24 hour cycle. If your baby is put to sleep awake frequently at the same time each night, the baby's sleep pattern will start to change and will be sleeping for longer periods when the baby reached 8 to 12 weeks old.
Baby Sleeping Difficulties
There are a lot of reasons that makes babies starts waking up during the night. It could have something to do with the temperature of his room, the lights and ventilation, or the noise present within your home or in the neighborhood. If so, try to fix the situation. Other reasons are illnesses or some developmental changes. For example, if your baby has learned a new developmental skill such as learning to crawl, he might want to try it out every chance he gets, even within his usual sleeping hours.
Baby Sleeping Guidelines
Every parent will have different stories to tell when talking about their newborn baby sleep patterns, some do in fact sleep like infants, while others seldom sleep through the night for a long time. Some babies are comfortable to soothe themselves until they sleep, while others want the lullabies of their parents, milk feeding or a comfortable crib to help them to sleep.
Self-Soothe Sleep
Most of baby sleep researches suggest that the most important step in teaching your baby to sleep through the night is to have him fall asleep on his own. According to research, this is the answer to prevent baby sleep pattern difficulties.
Feeding
In most cases, by the 10th to 16th week of your baby, if your baby has eaten enough food before going to sleep, he is more likely to awaken during the night expecting to be fed. According to research, it is suggested to help your baby learn to sleep through the night by giving him considerable feeding at the same time each evening, between 10 pm and midnight. In addition, feeding a baby after midnight can usually disturb his sleeping pattern.
Baby's Crib
Baby cribs are designed not only to complement your baby nursery's decor, but to also provide a safe, cosy place for your baby to sleep into.
With so many available styles and options on baby cribs today, purchasing the perfect baby crib can be a demoralising task. You have to make sure that the baby crib you are about to purchase meets the minimum quality standard. A safe baby crib must have a firm and fitted mattress, no missing or broken slats, and no sharp edges on all corners. Also, it is advised for parents to settle for the stationary side baby cribs rather than drop-gate cribs, because the later could present some serious baby safety issues.
