How do i get my baby to sleep in the daytime?
She is 10 months old she won't sleep in the day only for 30 mins if i am in the car or in the pram. If she is in her cot she screams constantly. And get her self in a state.
Answers:
Stick her in her room and ignore her, sounds harsh i know but it works. My mom did it with me.
She will sleep when she is tired.
Baby downers.
You could get her into a regular routine of say a quiet time after lunch, but as long as she is sleeping OK at night, don't get too hung up that she doesn't sleep in the daytime, if she's otherwise happy, she is fine, remember, all the time she is awake,she's learning!
Wake her up earlier in the mornings, she'll hate you for it, but somewhere by noon - or early afternoon she may tire.
Makesure curtains are closed to give night impression. i got a lullaby light. Leave her to scream if after 30mins still crying go back and try again later. Be persistant, it's hard leaving them to cry but it will pay off!
Just put her down in her cot and leave her to cry, return every few minutes so she knows you haven't left her but don't say anything or cuddle her just lay her back down and leave the room. Each time you go out of the room leave it slightly longer before you go back in. The first few days of this will be hell but believe me it works and within a week she will be napping for a few hours every day, then you can get the rest you deserve. Good look
Julie
Mum to hannah age 7 and oliver age 5
You must put her on a schedule. She should be in bed by 8pm and up by 8am. She will be exhausted when noon time comes which is why she is acting out. That's how babies react when they are bone tired. Let her cry it out, she'll eventually fall asleep.
Id say make sure you play with her lots so as to tire her out then feed her so her tummy is nice aqnd full and then she should fall asleep and sleep her tiredness out. But be sure cuase if she sleeps too long during the day she wont sleep during the night which is worse i think, cause when are you ever gonna sleep. Thik it through, end of the day remember she is still very small so you cant expect her to have a fixed sleeping patern.. Being a new mommy is very hard work!
How is she during the day?
If she only gets a 30 min nap or none at all, is she happy and outgoing? Because if she is then don't worry about the naps.
If she is cranky and miserable during the day then I would talk to your Doctor to see what you can do. He/She should be able to give you some advice.
I heard a book called Weissbluth's ''Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby.'' has good advice in it.
I don't believe in letting them cry and ignore them. Why don't you try putting her in her crib, talk to her, tell her is time to sleep (probably she will cry as hard as she can) but don't leave the room, lay her down as many times as needed, and talk to her in a soothing voice, she will cry the same but she will see you there, so she won't feel alone, It takes a few days and a lot of nerves, but eventually the learn to fall asleep by them self. You need to do it everyday in order to establish a routine. It takes a few days so don't give up. I felt so much better doing it this way than letting them cry alone. I put myself in their shoes, and it should be quite frustrating not being able to talk and say what you are feeling and to make things worst, looking at your mom walk away as she doesn't care what you are feeling.
give her a bath and make sure she is full.Make sure it is quiet around the house noise sometimes keeps a baby woke and some can sleep with noise.
Try putting her to bed later at night and waking her up early. This way she will nap for you.
Have you tried calpol? It works. I know someone whos child wouldn't sleep so we lent her some, and her baby, (who was 11 months) went off within half an hour, and slept for bout 1 and a half hours.
Craddle her and whisper into her ear this will work. She will been used to the noise being in the womb and this will calm her. Noises that she is not used to will make her cry.
Or get her to read Deano's reply! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
All the best from the luckyhedgehog xx
This is a toughy cos despite what people have said you wouldn't want to disrupt her nighttime routine cos this is perfect for her age.
Many babies fight sleep and it is alarming but if they are giving you clear signals she is tired you need to listen and help her off to sleep.
The put down pick up technique is a good one where you lay her in her cot, reassure her then leave the room, go back in when she's crying, pick her up until she stops then place her right back. This may be frustrating and you will feel like your not getting anywhere but keep at it for a few days and you will notice a decrease in the amount of times you need to pick her up and eventually she will drop of to sleep. This isn't leaving her to cy as your there to reassure her that she is safe. Is there any reason she might be afraid of her cot? I know of babies who's mothers have left them to 'cry it out' and the relate the distress to being in their cot.
As she is a good night time sleeper she may only be needing one nap a day. My son is 9 months and he sometimes has 2 naps and sometimes just one after lunch.
Oh and please don't give your baby calpol or any medication if she doesn't need it - shame on the person suggesting that!
A lot of the answers you've received relate to newborns sleeping through the night - I hope I 've been able to answer your q!
Good luck and I hope you get there!
moxie.blog.com/askmoxie provides answers to a lot of common sleep questions, everything from sleep regression to naps to methods. my personal take is, every baby/child is different and hence has different sleep needs. that being said, it's helpful to know whether your daughter is happy and content or cranky and surly when she's awake. if the former, then she's probably getting enough sleep during the day/night. if the latter, then you need to tweak her sleep schedule. personally, weissbluth's "healthy sleep habits, happy child" worked wonders for my daughter who fit the bill to a t. at 10 months, your daughter may be starting the transition from two naps to one, so it would help to keep her up and exhaust her until around noonish, then put her down for a nap. an earlier bedtime (no later than 7 or 8 p.m.) may also help.
good luck!
She will go to sleep when she is tired. They say let a baby sleep when they need to..I have 4 kids Until they decided to sllep all nigt, I let them sleep when they went to sleep
my son used to sleep every afternoon with me on the sofa.it was a habit
my 3 month old is similar i begrudge doing it but i often have to swaddle him in a blanket give him a dummy or breastfeed him and rock him to sleep whilst standing until he is asleep i then sit down with him for a while to let him settle if i put him down he rarely stays asleep for more than half an hour. it's not the best solution but i'm hoping that evetually he'll get into a routine and will just fall asleep by himself at his nap times? good luck
Getting your baby into a good sleeping routine is extremely important, not only for you but for her wellbeing as well. Not all babies need a lot of sleep during the day though so maybe she only needs 30 mins through the day - she aint a newborn anymore.
theres several things you can do.
a black out blind is a very good idea as you can give the impression its nite time and she may be more likely to go to sleep.
you could give her a sercurity blanket/teddy to cuddle it may be that she just needs confort to settle her down.
try plaing a soothing mobile for her.
put her into her cot, leave her for 5 mins then if still crying go in tell her shes ok, lay her down then leave. wait 10mins if still crying go in don't say anything lay her back down and leave wait 15mins if still crying go in lay her down and leave and continue like that. it does tke time but she will soon learn that she is perfectly safe to go to sleep and you will still be there. ( it works wonders for my son)
another thing would be over the next few days note the times in the day when she starts rubbing her eyes and getting tired then decide on a time about 30mins or an hr before that and put her into her bed for a nap. that way she won't be so stressed and is more likely to comply.
a child her age should be sleeping about 14-16hours in every 24 so i suggest two 2hr naps during the day as well as the 12hrs at nite.
my routine with my 1yr old is that he wakes up at about 8/9 has his bottle and some breakfast has a play then back in bed for a nap at 10/11 (so he's been up for about 2hrs) then he wakes up at 12/1 and plays while i do lunch, he has lunch and plays some more and goes for a nap at 3, wakes up at 5 plays has dinner plays some more, has a bath bottle and in bed at 7.30
and the days that we are out i simply take his sercurity blanket with me and give it to him at the times he would be going for his nap.
good luck, hope you find whats the best way for you
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Answers:
Stick her in her room and ignore her, sounds harsh i know but it works. My mom did it with me.
She will sleep when she is tired.
Baby downers.
You could get her into a regular routine of say a quiet time after lunch, but as long as she is sleeping OK at night, don't get too hung up that she doesn't sleep in the daytime, if she's otherwise happy, she is fine, remember, all the time she is awake,she's learning!
Wake her up earlier in the mornings, she'll hate you for it, but somewhere by noon - or early afternoon she may tire.
Makesure curtains are closed to give night impression. i got a lullaby light. Leave her to scream if after 30mins still crying go back and try again later. Be persistant, it's hard leaving them to cry but it will pay off!
Just put her down in her cot and leave her to cry, return every few minutes so she knows you haven't left her but don't say anything or cuddle her just lay her back down and leave the room. Each time you go out of the room leave it slightly longer before you go back in. The first few days of this will be hell but believe me it works and within a week she will be napping for a few hours every day, then you can get the rest you deserve. Good look
Julie
Mum to hannah age 7 and oliver age 5
You must put her on a schedule. She should be in bed by 8pm and up by 8am. She will be exhausted when noon time comes which is why she is acting out. That's how babies react when they are bone tired. Let her cry it out, she'll eventually fall asleep.
Id say make sure you play with her lots so as to tire her out then feed her so her tummy is nice aqnd full and then she should fall asleep and sleep her tiredness out. But be sure cuase if she sleeps too long during the day she wont sleep during the night which is worse i think, cause when are you ever gonna sleep. Thik it through, end of the day remember she is still very small so you cant expect her to have a fixed sleeping patern.. Being a new mommy is very hard work!
How is she during the day?
If she only gets a 30 min nap or none at all, is she happy and outgoing? Because if she is then don't worry about the naps.
If she is cranky and miserable during the day then I would talk to your Doctor to see what you can do. He/She should be able to give you some advice.
I heard a book called Weissbluth's ''Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Baby.'' has good advice in it.
I don't believe in letting them cry and ignore them. Why don't you try putting her in her crib, talk to her, tell her is time to sleep (probably she will cry as hard as she can) but don't leave the room, lay her down as many times as needed, and talk to her in a soothing voice, she will cry the same but she will see you there, so she won't feel alone, It takes a few days and a lot of nerves, but eventually the learn to fall asleep by them self. You need to do it everyday in order to establish a routine. It takes a few days so don't give up. I felt so much better doing it this way than letting them cry alone. I put myself in their shoes, and it should be quite frustrating not being able to talk and say what you are feeling and to make things worst, looking at your mom walk away as she doesn't care what you are feeling.
give her a bath and make sure she is full.Make sure it is quiet around the house noise sometimes keeps a baby woke and some can sleep with noise.
Try putting her to bed later at night and waking her up early. This way she will nap for you.
Have you tried calpol? It works. I know someone whos child wouldn't sleep so we lent her some, and her baby, (who was 11 months) went off within half an hour, and slept for bout 1 and a half hours.
Craddle her and whisper into her ear this will work. She will been used to the noise being in the womb and this will calm her. Noises that she is not used to will make her cry.
Or get her to read Deano's reply! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
All the best from the luckyhedgehog xx
This is a toughy cos despite what people have said you wouldn't want to disrupt her nighttime routine cos this is perfect for her age.
Many babies fight sleep and it is alarming but if they are giving you clear signals she is tired you need to listen and help her off to sleep.
The put down pick up technique is a good one where you lay her in her cot, reassure her then leave the room, go back in when she's crying, pick her up until she stops then place her right back. This may be frustrating and you will feel like your not getting anywhere but keep at it for a few days and you will notice a decrease in the amount of times you need to pick her up and eventually she will drop of to sleep. This isn't leaving her to cy as your there to reassure her that she is safe. Is there any reason she might be afraid of her cot? I know of babies who's mothers have left them to 'cry it out' and the relate the distress to being in their cot.
As she is a good night time sleeper she may only be needing one nap a day. My son is 9 months and he sometimes has 2 naps and sometimes just one after lunch.
Oh and please don't give your baby calpol or any medication if she doesn't need it - shame on the person suggesting that!
A lot of the answers you've received relate to newborns sleeping through the night - I hope I 've been able to answer your q!
Good luck and I hope you get there!
moxie.blog.com/askmoxie provides answers to a lot of common sleep questions, everything from sleep regression to naps to methods. my personal take is, every baby/child is different and hence has different sleep needs. that being said, it's helpful to know whether your daughter is happy and content or cranky and surly when she's awake. if the former, then she's probably getting enough sleep during the day/night. if the latter, then you need to tweak her sleep schedule. personally, weissbluth's "healthy sleep habits, happy child" worked wonders for my daughter who fit the bill to a t. at 10 months, your daughter may be starting the transition from two naps to one, so it would help to keep her up and exhaust her until around noonish, then put her down for a nap. an earlier bedtime (no later than 7 or 8 p.m.) may also help.
good luck!
She will go to sleep when she is tired. They say let a baby sleep when they need to..I have 4 kids Until they decided to sllep all nigt, I let them sleep when they went to sleep
my son used to sleep every afternoon with me on the sofa.it was a habit
my 3 month old is similar i begrudge doing it but i often have to swaddle him in a blanket give him a dummy or breastfeed him and rock him to sleep whilst standing until he is asleep i then sit down with him for a while to let him settle if i put him down he rarely stays asleep for more than half an hour. it's not the best solution but i'm hoping that evetually he'll get into a routine and will just fall asleep by himself at his nap times? good luck
Getting your baby into a good sleeping routine is extremely important, not only for you but for her wellbeing as well. Not all babies need a lot of sleep during the day though so maybe she only needs 30 mins through the day - she aint a newborn anymore.
theres several things you can do.
a black out blind is a very good idea as you can give the impression its nite time and she may be more likely to go to sleep.
you could give her a sercurity blanket/teddy to cuddle it may be that she just needs confort to settle her down.
try plaing a soothing mobile for her.
put her into her cot, leave her for 5 mins then if still crying go in tell her shes ok, lay her down then leave. wait 10mins if still crying go in don't say anything lay her back down and leave wait 15mins if still crying go in lay her down and leave and continue like that. it does tke time but she will soon learn that she is perfectly safe to go to sleep and you will still be there. ( it works wonders for my son)
another thing would be over the next few days note the times in the day when she starts rubbing her eyes and getting tired then decide on a time about 30mins or an hr before that and put her into her bed for a nap. that way she won't be so stressed and is more likely to comply.
a child her age should be sleeping about 14-16hours in every 24 so i suggest two 2hr naps during the day as well as the 12hrs at nite.
my routine with my 1yr old is that he wakes up at about 8/9 has his bottle and some breakfast has a play then back in bed for a nap at 10/11 (so he's been up for about 2hrs) then he wakes up at 12/1 and plays while i do lunch, he has lunch and plays some more and goes for a nap at 3, wakes up at 5 plays has dinner plays some more, has a bath bottle and in bed at 7.30
and the days that we are out i simply take his sercurity blanket with me and give it to him at the times he would be going for his nap.
good luck, hope you find whats the best way for you
give her a shower they usually sleep after a shower
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