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Establish a routine, so 6:30pm, bath time & play, pjs on, sleep sack on. Turn the lights down low, if you have a dedicated sleep space (bedroom or living room) sit in there with the lamp on. Baby music playing on the tv, or white noise on a noise machine. Feed & rock. Once asleep place baby into next to me, baby will most likely cry. So pick baby up, simply rock back to sleep & comfort. Then put back down. Repeat the pick up & comfort, and place back down until baby stays down. Familiarise baby with the next to me crib as a good thing during daytime, interact with him during the day in his next to me by doing tummy time & play, independent play, and simply just get baby boy used to the idea. Just so it’s not as scary or stressful when placed in there alone. He will most likely cry for the first few nights. Make sure you follow the exact routine, and put baby down at the same time as he falls asleep usually. My boy is 4mo and sleeps 12hr nights now down to my routine. x
Also establish daytime & night time, so night is dark, quiet & peaceful. Daytime naps should always be in a room with natural light, daytime typical noises etc. I do the cleaning when my boy naps in the day, he has 3x naps a day now at 4months. It really is shocking how much this helps the night for babies!! My midwife was the one that recommended this routine. Truly has changed my world xx
Natalie Anne - I have all of the above routine including the pick up put down and he still doesn't sleep more than 1/2 hours... It's a lot to do with baby temperament not always routine xx
We are doing the same trying to get into some sort of routine but only managing half an hour naps and bedtime she literally does not settle for HOURS… tonight she woke up genuinely every 10 mins for 2 hours 😭😭 hoping it gets easier Once asleep usually wakes 2am and 5am but 7pm till about 9:30pm is always a nightmare even though she is SO tired 😭 xx