Tuesday, 9 September 2014

Baby sleep routine



My son started sleeping full night from week 5. His doc said that its quite normal and babies learn to sleep full night sometime between month 2 to month 6 and he advised me to feed him only on demand and not to wake up a sleeping baby. I would put him to sleep at 11 pm and wake him up at 4 am for a feed (yes, I don't listen to the doctor at times)and the baby would wake up only by 8 am the next morning.

I have learnt that my son complies to a sleep routine if its followed regularly. 

After 10 pm at night, I strip him, give  him a quick warm sponge bath (or a full hot water bath if we had taken him out on travel), put a vest and a diaper on (which my mom calls as his night dress), set his cradle with the mosquito net, switch the light off and the night lamp on, play a lullaby in my mobile (I love Vatsalyam by Bombay Jayashree) and nurse him. He would either have fallen asleep or feel groggy. I would very gently place him on his cradle and cover with the  mosquito net. If he hasn't slept, then a mild rocking of the cradle for few minutes would do the trick. I follow this routine regularly and it works almost always. Thank God.

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