As any parent will be aware, good quality baby sleep is an essential basis for a child’s future health and development. The pleasure in seeing a baby sleep is hardly measurable but having to see (and hear) your baby when they just won’t or can’t go to sleep can be torture for a parent. To help in solving a baby sleep problem and to teach your baby to sleep through the night, getting your baby into a regular, fuss-free, sleep routine is so important.

Look to set a bedtime routine for your baby as soon as you can. The routine will help with the baby’s sleep pattern and the result will be a baby who sleeps through the night. They will also appear more contented and happy during the day.

Here are several things you can do to establish a bedtime routine for your baby:

As adults, we like to wind down before bed and this should be the same for babies. Try a warm bath, then a story and cuddle before putting them down to sleep in their cot. All of this should be carried out with a calm and quiet voice, so the baby relaxes.

You don’t need to follow the above routine to the letter, you may wish to do it in a different order, or have a different routine entirely, but the important thing is that you create a baby sleep routine that you follow night after night after night until it becomes a habit for your child.

As you work through this routine your baby will start to realise that sleep is expected at the end of it. As babies enjoy routine and are creatures of habit they will soon become very accustomed to this. Settling a baby quickly by using a routine very much increases the chances of them sleeping through the night.

Whilst getting the baby sleep routine in place early in baby’s life, you can still set a good routine for an older baby. Stick to the same things and keep the environment static and you will have the ideal scenario for a good nights sleep for all.

If you already have some sort of sleep routine for your child but they still have a baby sleep problem, take a close look at the bedtime routine you have created for your baby to see if can be improved. You should also create a daily naptime routine too when it is feasible to do so as this helps night time sleep very much.

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