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For more tips on how to settle your baby to sleep, check out THIS article.Don't beat yourself up if your baby isn't sleeping in their bassinet for all their sleeps - front packs are GOLD for new babies. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), a quarter of children under the age of 5 don’t get adequate sleep. Allowing your baby to actually fall asleep on their own (when they're good and sleepy) is the best way to make sure they are capable of this skill later on, when they’ll really need to be able to do it. BUT at the newbie stage, it's more important to focus on getting them to sleep in the first place, no matter how you have to do it.Swaddle them, play loud white noise (think vacuum cleaner loud), have them in a dark room, use movement – like swaying, bouncing, (a stroller or ride in the car if all else fails). Your aim when settling your bub or getting them to stay asleep is to replicate the sensations of the womb – this is all they’ve known for so long, of course they find it comforting.Your baby's awake times change all the time, so the awake time for a 2 week old baby is different to the awake time a 6 week old baby needs.BUT undertiredness is a thing too! And trying to put your baby to bed before they've had enough awake time can mean they also refuse settling and sleeping.Anything over that and they’ll definitely end up overtired and you’ll find it super tricky to get them to go to sleep. And the amount of time they can stay awake between sleeps is small – like 1.5 hours maximum.
Just looking at their own mother’s face is about as much stimulation as your newbie can cope with. However once this sleepiness wears off they are at risk of getting overstimulated very easily.You’ll think “yessss I’ve got a good sleeper”… In the first few days or even weeks your baby will still be so exhausted from the birth that they will be quite sleepy.
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