Healthy Sleep Habits: 0-3 Months
The healthy sleep habits in a baby from 0 to 3 months are those customs that will inculcate your newborn in order to ensure rest and recuperation. They do not only imply the hours that the baby spends sleeping, but also the previous rituals and during sleep that, from birth, you create for him.
Baby’s sleep hours
Although a baby usually sleeps more than 15 hours a day, his sleep is disorderly and is divided throughout a day into periods ranging from half an hour to four hours.
There are babies who mistake the night for the day because they sleep during the mornings and spend the early mornings, awake. However, as the weeks go by, they usually begin to extend their sleep cycle during the day and shorten it at night.
There is a belief that the baby must be tired so that he can be exhausted and sleep better.
Although during the first weeks this will not be necessary because they will practically follow the same patterns that they had inside the belly, as the weeks go by, it is necessary to increase the activity in the daytime hours to make them sleep for much longer.
Although it is true that a baby from 0 to 3 months is unable to learn routines, it is important that, in order to accustom him to them and educate his sleep, mothers start them from this same stage.
Healthy sleeping habits: 0-3 months
To help your baby from 0 to 3 months to sleep better at eresmama, we suggest some healthy sleep habits that you should encourage.
Establish a bedtime routine
During the night, put on a certain clothes, sing the same song, turn off the light and say “good night.” The baby will not understand your words, but little by little he will associate the phrase with going to sleep.
During the day you can put him to listen to music, put him to bed in a room with open windows and say “it’s time to sleep.”
Never alter your sleep schedule
You should always put the baby to sleep at the usual hours. Even if you see that he is not sleepy, if it is time to go to sleep, you must perform the routines that you have established for that moment
Always sleep it in the same place
If during the day you prefer to put him in a bassinet and at night in a larger crib, for nothing in the world do you violate this. It is important that the baby establishes a difference between the sleep of the day and that of the night
Never put the baby in your bed
There are many dangers that babies are exposed to when sleeping with their parents. The fact of being in bed between the two of you every night can also harm the love relationship between you and your partner.
Avoid sleeping him in your arms
Although it is extremely pleasant to hold a child while they sleep, this is an unhealthy habit.
Lay your baby in his crib, sing to him, and give him a gentle spanking, but leave the room before he’s completely asleep. Teach him to sleep through the night
Don’t wait until the baby is too tired to sleep
A very sleepy and tired baby may get upset and cry uncontrollably. This will prevent you from falling asleep and negatively affect your rest.
Difference day from night
During the day put him to bed in a different room and crib and keep the room with some light. Do not avoid the morning noises and typical of everyday life.
During the night do the opposite. Don’t turn on the lights or make noise. Talk little to him, don’t smile at him, or stimulate him too much.
Remember that there are things that you only learn when you are a mother. Finding and establishing healthy sleep habits for your baby is one of them.
