Getting your baby to sleep through the night is very important for both baby and parents. Baby needs between 14 to 15 hours of sleep while the parents need the necessary rest. Many a times, this is distrupted when your baby seems so wide awake at night and would not go to sleep no matter how hard you try to make him sleep.
Even though babies do sleep a lot, their sleeping pattern is different from adult. Hence, you would not expect them to sleep through from evening to the next morning. A baby’s sleep pattern is much shorter than an adult’s and that is why babies are continually awake. Unlike adults who can continue sleeping upon waking up, babies will rely on you to help them get back to sleep until they learn how to fall back to sleep.
A baby sleep pattern also has double the amount of light sleep cycles than an adult’s thus making them wake up very easily. Understanding this aspect of a baby sleep pattern will help you keep your patience when your precious baby seems to wakes up the moment you put him down on the bed or when you leave the room.
Baby sleep patterns will naturally matures as the baby grows. Hopefully, a regular sleep pattern will develop by the time baby reaches 7-12 weeks.
For help in overcoming baby sleep problems, check out The Baby Sleep Solution that provides 23 baby sleep methods in helping baby to sleep through the night.
Also find out the factors that is affecting your baby sleep routines and habits to help baby sleep better.