Look out for cues of tiredness at this time and settle your baby to sleep before he becomes overtired. The most important thing is to recognise that most newborn babies will wake for a feed roughly every 2-4 hours and may then have a period of being awake for 30-45 minutes after each feed before needing to go back to sleep again. The good news is by the time your baby reaches 3-6 months a regular sleep pattern will start to emerge, although it might not be exactly the pattern you want. To make things worse they often wake easily. Newborns often sleep in short bouts at what seems like random times during the day and night. If easy to think your newborn baby’s sleep pattern is totally disorganized.
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If anything you can try to introduce your baby to the concept of day and night by turning off the drawing the curtains, dimming the lights, talking in quieter voices, turning off the TV and creating a relaxed environment as bedtime gets nearer. Do not attempt to keep your baby awake during the day in the hope they will sleep longer at night as this will lead to a very tired irritable baby and a stressed parent. By the age of three to six months and on occasions earlier, a pattern begins to develop with day-time naps becoming a little shorter and night-time sleeps longer. When babies are newborn they don’t know that night is for sleep and day is for being awake. How can I teach my baby the difference between night and day? Many babies will grow out of this phase as their bodies grow and mature. Part of this is also a survival technique as newborn babies need to feed during the night for healthy growth and development, regardless of whether you are breast or bottle feeding. Newborn babies don’t know the difference between day and night and until their circadian rhythm kicks in at 2-4 months of age they will continue to wake at night.
If your baby gets to the point of fussing and crying then the window of opportunity has been missed and your baby can become grumpy and more difficult to settle. Common signs include becoming quiet, losing interest in people and toys, making small jerky movements, yawning, frowning, clenching fists into tight balls, rubbing his eyes and pulling on his ears.
None of us like being kept awake when we’re tired, so rather than waiting for your baby to be overtired, put him down to sleep as soon as he shows signs of being tired. Your baby will give you a number of subtle clues he is tired, it will take you a few weeks to recognise these signs, but if you do some baby watching you’ll soon pick up on these cues.
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