4 Thing to help your baby sleep
Babies and sleeping can be one of the hardest things! When you add in breastfeeding and a pile of laundry then it becomes impossible.
We we found this article and we hope it helps. It’s a similar to Dr. Karps 5’s which we are a huge fan of.
But every family, every baby and every situation is different so hopefully you’ll find one of these tips helpful:
4 Things to help your baby sleep
#1 Create white noise
Thanks to the internet, this is easy and free for anyone to do. You can simply find a clip of white noise online or use an app on your mobile phone.
It helps lull your baby to sleep because the continual noise imitates the whooshing sound made by the blood flowing through arteries near the womb.
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#2 Snug swaddling
The key to swaddling is to make sure it is very snug, but still allows for the legs and hips to be loose.
Babies love the feeling being snuggly wrapped around the arms because the continuous touching and support feels like what they experienced in the womb.
#3 Full stomach
You need to make sure that your baby is getting enough food during the day time.
The American paediatrician is well known for his celebrated book The Happiest Baby on the
Block Dr Karp explains that a common mistake that mothers are making is how they breastfeed because they feed on one breast for 20 to 30 minutes without switching to the other side.
He says that the way breasts work means a certain amount of milk collects in the collecting system – meaning an ounce or two is waiting there ready to go.
So if you don’t switch, then the baby doesn’t get as much milk as they need and this means they will be hungry sooner in the middle of the night.
#4 Rhythmic motion
When the baby was in the womb, every movement the mum made created a swinging motion, so babies look to be rocked to sleep.
Rocking chairs, car rides and swinging motions should all do the trick. However, it has recently been recommended to avoid using swings because the baby’s head is so heavy that it could fall forward and cause them to have difficulty breathing.
“This is why I came out with my baby bed SNOO… it can help imitate the womb all night long,” Dr Karp adds. “Imagine your older sister moves in and held, rocked and shushed your baby all night long, it wouldn’t be a surprise if your baby slept an extra hour or two. So in many ways SNOO is not really a bed, it is like if you older sister is there with you.”