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.

If you haven’t already, you should seriously consider establishing some sort of bedtime routine for your baby. Routine helps to establish baby’s sleep pattern and once it is established your baby will be happier, more content, and more likely to sleep through the night.

Here is a list you can use to set the baby’s bedtime routine:

By letting your baby wind down at the end of the day, they will start to realise that this is what happens at bedtime and therefore sleep better. Bathing, then getting them dressed in a room with dim lights will install a sense of calm and relaxation. Finally, settle them in the cot with a quick story and a cuddle and then quietly leave.

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.

Providing a routine and the same sleep environment each time is crucial to providing the ideal scenario for restful baby sleep You should begin a bedtime routine in the early weeks of your baby’s life if at all possible but if your baby is already older than this, just get a routine established as soon as you can.

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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