9 tips to coax your baby to sleep and taboos to coax your baby to sleep

It is not difficult to coax a baby to sleep, but it is also not easy. How can you make your baby sleep well? Today, I will teach you a few tricks to make your baby sleep peacefully.

9 tips to coax your baby to sleep

Tip 1: Suitable sleeping environment

For a 3-month-old baby, you can start training him to go to bed early. Generally, do not play with the baby after 8 o'clock in the evening. Let the baby enter the sleeping environment early. Turn down or turn off the TV and keep it quiet. You can play some light music or sing some lullabies to him.

Trick 2: Distinguish between night and day

Use light and sound to promote the formation of the baby's biological clock. Through the contrast of light and darkness, the baby can learn to distinguish between day and night, awake and asleep. In the morning when the baby should get up, put the baby in a bright place, preferably with plenty of sunlight, give the baby a hug, and wake him up with soft music.

One or two hours before the baby goes to sleep at night, dim the lights in the room. When the baby is going to sleep, turn off all the lights except for a night light. Close the door tightly to prevent light or noise from outside. The curtains should be thick to prevent light from outside from coming in.

Tips: For baby night lights, it is best to choose blue ones.

Trick 3: Dealing with nighttime crying and fussing

When the baby wakes up in the middle of the night, he usually hums and moans at first. The mother can ignore him at first. If he sleeps in his own crib, you can rock his cradle first and try to coax him to sleep, so that the baby can gradually learn to resist hunger and learn to be patient. But once he cries and gets angry, it is very likely that the baby is really hungry. You can feed the baby some milk before letting him sleep. Never coax the baby as soon as he makes a noise, which will make the baby dependent. It is good for the baby to develop good sleeping habits by being "hardened" appropriately.

Tip 4: Encourage your baby to sleep regularly

Most babies don't sleep well because of bad habits. They haven't formed a biological clock, so they naturally don't have regular sleep. When the baby is young, parents should let the baby form a biological clock and make it a habit to sleep through the night on time. In addition to developing their sleeping habits, each baby also has their own physiological laws. Parents should find out the child's own sleeping laws, and then tailor a sleeping schedule for the baby. They can observe the baby's mental state after sleeping at different times and when waking up, and then make adjustments according to the baby's best state.

Trick 5: Follow your baby's habitual movements

To coax a baby to sleep, the key is to pay attention to some of the baby's habits. For example, some babies like to hold their mother's nipple to fall asleep; some babies like to hold their mother's hair to fall asleep; some babies have to touch their mother's eyes to fall asleep, and some babies have to hold their fingers to fall asleep... After understanding the baby's sleeping habits, it will be easy to coax him to sleep according to his habits. Some babies need to find a sense of security to fall asleep, so you can hold him on your chest, let him lie on his stomach, and then slowly pat his back, and put him on the bed after he falls asleep.

Tip 6: Limit play time

If you want your baby to sleep well, don't let him play too much during the day. If he plays too much during the day, he will want to play at night. Don't carry him around when it's almost time for bed. You can play quieter games with your baby, give him some small toys such as paper boxes, rattles, rubber toys, etc., or listen to soothing music and sing nursery rhymes. When you feel that your baby is a little tired, feed him milk quickly, and he will fall asleep while sucking.

Trick seven: taking a bath to help you sleep

Some babies like to sleep after taking a bath. Usually, at about the same time every night, observe the baby's mental state. If you feel that he is a little sleepy, you can give him a hot bath, put him to bed directly after the bath, give him some milk, then turn off the lights in the room, lie on the bed with him, pat his back, and the baby will fall asleep soon.

Tip 8: Don’t take a nap for too long

The baby's nap is closely related to the quality of sleep at night. Nighttime sleep affects the nap. Similarly, a nap that is too long or too late is not conducive to falling asleep smoothly at night. Therefore, the baby's nap should be controlled at a fixed time and place, and the general sleeping time is noon or early afternoon. For example, start sleeping for half an hour to an hour at one o'clock in the afternoon. Of course, control is not dogmatic. It is okay if the baby does not go to bed on time. To develop good sleeping habits, you must also observe the baby's condition. If he sleeps on time and is not tired or too excited, then this nap habit is suitable for the baby.

Tip 9: Follow a bedtime routine every day

Arranging a whole bedtime process is also helpful for the baby to develop regular sleep habits. Through a programmed bedtime method, the baby gradually understands that it is time to go to bed after doing all this. This is a ritual before going to bed for him.

This process includes brushing teeth, washing face, bathing, massage, putting on pajamas, etc., and can be done one hour before the baby goes to bed. During this hour, let the baby end overly exciting activities, stop seeing outsiders, and keep the room quiet and dim. After changing the baby's clothes, read books and tell stories to him gently, or let him listen to tapes, which can not only promote sleep, but also be good for the baby's intellectual development. The bedtime process not only allows the baby to sleep well, but also is a bond of love between parents and babies.

5 taboos for coaxing your baby to sleep

1. The environment should not be too quiet

In fact, babies usually begin to consciously develop the ability to "resist interference" when they are 3 to 4 months old. Parents don't have to walk on tiptoe in the room and dare not make any slight noise. Otherwise, babies are likely to develop such bad sleeping habits: they can only fall asleep in an artificially and deliberately "extremely" quiet environment. This kind of environment is extremely difficult to achieve in reality.

2. It is not advisable to fall asleep while humming

It is natural and sweet for a baby to fall asleep to the sound of his mother's humming, but it is not advisable to let the baby get used to falling asleep only by hearing humming. The baby must develop good sleeping habits, that is, to fall asleep by himself in a "natural" way, and to fall asleep again "naturally" after waking up, rather than relying on "artificial" methods such as rocking, humming or feeding to help him fall asleep.

3. It is not advisable to sleep with a nipple or pacifier in your mouth

Some babies must suck their mother's nipple or pacifier to fall asleep. As a result, every time the baby wakes up, he will subconsciously suck the nipple or use the pacifier to feed. This frequent feeding habit can easily cause gastrointestinal disorders in babies. Secondly, after the baby falls asleep, the nipple still "blocks" the baby's mouth, which can easily cause breathing problems and reduce sleep quality, and may even cause suffocation.

4. It is not advisable to hug your baby to sleep

Some mothers love their children so much that they like to hug their babies tightly to sleep. However, it is difficult for the baby to breathe fresh air when hugged, and they inhale more waste gas exhaled by the mother, which is very bad for the baby's growth and health.

5. The quilt should not be too thick

In order to keep their babies warm during the cold winter, some parents cover their babies with thick quilts, but they don’t know that quilts that are too thick are often too heavy and may even cause breathing problems for babies. In addition, the high temperature in the quilt will make the baby irritable and cry constantly, which will also affect their sleep quality.

Taboos for parents when coaxing their baby to sleep

When the baby cries and refuses to sleep, parents will think of various ways to coax the baby to sleep, but some incorrect methods may be harmful to the baby's health.

Don't get excited before bedtime to coax him to sleep. Tickling, laughing, and quick, violent movements won't help him fall asleep. When you coax him to sleep, stay calm and composed.

Don't sleep with the baby. If the mother is not careful after falling asleep, she may press down the baby and cause suffocation.

Do not rock your baby hard to sleep. Rocking may cause concussions in the baby's skull cavity, causing rupture of small blood vessels on the surface of the brain tissue. In mild cases, epilepsy, mental retardation, and limb paralysis may occur. In severe cases, cerebral edema and brain hernia may endanger life.

Precautions

1. To cultivate good sleeping habits, it is important to guide children effectively and have enough patience.

2. If there is really no other way, you can try letting him suck on a pacifier, but it is best not to make him dependent.

3. If some babies become more energetic as they play, there is no need to force them to fall asleep immediately. As long as they don’t cry, whether they are awake or asleep, it will not hinder their healthy development and they will fall asleep naturally when they are tired.