Getting Baby To Sleep Through The Night

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Something I didn't realize with my first baby, but they can get over stimulated - so when it is sleep time, keep it darker, maybe just a little quieter. Although sometimes our expectations might help the best, if we expect the baby to wake, then it's not that difficult to deal with. My son was still waking up at 1 year old to have a bottle in the middle of the night; I expected it so it wasn't too hard to do and we could have our time together, just the 2 of us, when everyone else was sleeping. (And at times it is quite easy to sleep sitting up )

M.
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Thanks for those tips Maureen.. I will defenitly remember those & try them out... My baby at this moment sleeps through everything.. But there has been the odd evening where he takes longer to sleep & wants to be held rather than lay in his bed.. So your tips will come in very handy then.. lol

As for the sleeping sitting up - I have almost got that down.. lol

I'd be careful with a hot water bottle - too hot is dangerous and if it cools down throughout the night, too cold sitting right next to them is dangerous, too. Also a possible suffocation issue.


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Please reread my post. It says to remove the hot water bottle after he is tucked in. The bottle won't remain in the crib while the baby sleeps. It is merely used to warm the sheets so that the baby won't sence a temperature change. Babies can wake up from the immediate temperature change of being in the mom's arms to laying on a cold sheet.

[kabah]

For those who don't know me.. I am a very vey new first time mommy (22 days old)...

I am doing a little bit of reading into getting baby to sleep through the night.. I know that it is still very much early days at the moment.. I am still adjusting to the decreased amount of sleep at the moment.. It has amazed me how much you can actually do while you are still half asleep (lol)

I was just wondering what worked for others & what didn't etc..

And advice would be most welcome

And was there anything that you learnt the hard way with your first that nobody told you? (lol.. I guess I am taking the easyish way out by asking that one) :P
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this advice saved me! if your sleepy, sleep when the baby sleeps.
when family come round THEY should look after you not the other way round you have just had a baby.
Also try putting a clock (it needs to tick) in the room by the cot, this will help the baby to settle as it sounds like your heartbeat.