Wake your baby every 3—4 hours to eat until he or she shows good weight gain, which usually happens within the first couple of weeks. After that, it's OK to let your baby sleep for longer periods of time at night. The first months of a baby's life can be the hardest for parents, who might get up many times at night to tend to the baby.
Each baby has a different sleep pattern. Some start to sleep "through the night" for 5—6 hours at a time by 2—3 months of age, but some don't. During the first weeks of a baby's life, some parents choose to room-share. Room-sharing is when you place your baby's crib, portable crib, play yard, or bassinet in your own bedroom instead of in a separate nursery. This keeps baby nearby and helps with feeding, comforting, and monitoring at night.
While room-sharing is safe, putting your infant to sleep in bed with you is not. Bed-sharing increases the risk of SIDS sudden infant death syndrome and other sleep-related deaths.
Newborns follow their own schedule. Over the next couple of weeks to months, you and your baby will begin to settle into a routine.
It may take a few weeks for your baby's brain to know the difference between night and day. Unfortunately, there are no tricks to speed this up, but it helps to keep things quiet and calm during middle-of-the-night feedings and diaper changes. Try to keep the lights low and resist the urge to play with or talk to your baby.
This will send the message that nighttime is for sleeping. If possible, let your baby fall asleep in the crib at night so your little one learns that it's the place for sleep. Our patented swaddle secures to the bed to prevent rolling, so you can safely swaddle without worry. Total sleep: hours a day. Many of your new-parent friends may still be desperate from exhaustion.
So, if your little one is a great sleeper, don't brag too much about it to the other moms! Your baby may have an unbroken piece of sleep of hours, which most anyone would call "sleeping through the night! Heads up: Teething commonly starts between months, but like everything, your baby may be earlier or later to the game. Gum pain can make your baby fussier and disrupt sleep. Loud, rumbly white noise can be very helpful to help your baby tune out distractions, both internal, like teething, and external, such as sudden noises.
Total sleep: 12 to 14 hours a day by the time they hit 8 months. Your baby's longest stretch is likely a glorious hours at night! Heads Up: This is when infants love to crawl…and even walk. They often wake up wanting to get out and motor around the room.
You can read more about the 8-month sleep regression here! Until your baby is 12 months old, the only safe " lovey " is a pacifier or white noise.
Nighttime sleep: usually starts earlier, with your baby hitting the hay between pm. Early enough for mom and dad to get some alone time! The longest sleeping stretch usually averages 7 to 10 hours at night. Heads up : You child is officially a toddler some even start at 8 to 9 months. Communicating with kids this age requires a whole new set of tools and expectations.
Also, you can now introduce a handkerchief-sized silky blanket or hand-sized cuddly stuffed animal into the crib! Check out these other great advice related to baby and toddler sleep:.
Have questions about a Happiest Baby product? Bathing, reading, and singing can soothe babies and signal an end to the day. Some babies like to be swaddled wrapped in a light blanket , which can be done until they start to roll.
Be consistent and your baby will soon associate these steps with sleeping. If you rock your baby to sleep before bedtime, your little one may expect to be rocked to sleep after nighttime awakenings. Instead, try putting your baby into a crib or bassinet while drowsy but still awake.
This way your baby will learn to fall asleep on his or her own. Some babies squirm, whine, and even cry a little before falling back to sleep on their own.
Unless you think that your baby is hungry or ill, see what happens if you leave your baby alone for a few minutes — he or she might settle down. If your baby wakes during the period that you want him or her to sleep, keep activity to a minimum. Try to keep the lights low and resist the urge to play with or talk to your baby.
Change or feed your baby and return him or her to the crib or bassinet. If your baby is waking early for a morning feeding, some small changes may allow a slight shift in schedule. You might try waking your baby for the late-night feeding at a time that suits your sleep schedule:.
It may take a few nights to establish this routine, but being consistent will improve your chances of success. Some infants at this age will start sleeping through the night, but there is a wide range of normal. If you have questions about your baby's sleep, talk with your doctor. Larger text size Large text size Regular text size. How Should Babies Sleep?
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