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New born babies have unusual sleep-pattern till they are at-least six
months old, sometime newborn as well as little
older kids have sleep problem, few of the kids sleep
a lot while other sleep too little and few have
irregular sleeping pattern as they wakeup at
irregular interval. Generally a newborn baby sleeps
for about 18 to 22 hours a day with a break of about 1 to 3 hour in
between their sleep. As the child grows older
within a span of six months their
sleeping time comes down to about 16 to 14 hours a day.
Parents should be aware of few things necessary to understand the newborn baby’s
sleep pattern and related problems.
Tired babies:
A newborn baby exhaust their energy too soon and gets tired very easily,
for few weeks a newborn baby should be wrapped
slowly, softly and carefully in a clean, smooth and
soft cloths. Even if a child is wrapped they
generally try to undo it or feel discomfort at it.
Usually a child moves their hands and legs and get
tired and here is a trick; A tired baby sleeps well
but over-tired baby generally cries and yell and
gets more discomfort and this disturbs kids sleep
pattern. Usually an infant should not be carried out
of bed for more than one hours as this causes
overtiredness in them
Bedwetting, hunger and Illness:
Another factor that disturbs the sleep pattern in
newborn babies are bedwetting, getting hungry or
illness. A newborn baby regularly soil their diaper
either by peeing or by passing stool. A wet diaper
gives itchy feeling to baby and discomforts them, disturbing
their sleep pattern. New born gets hungry too
quickly and should be fed regularly, some time a
change in the feeding pattern disturbs the sleep
pattern too. Newborn baby are more prone to
illness and most common illness in newborn babies is stomachache. Parents
should learn about the hunger pattern in their newborn baby and
their cleansing times so that
newborn kids are disturbed minimally. If the newborn
is ill or if they cry and yell non-stop a immediate
consultation with pediatrician is highly recommended to avoid the sleep discomfort.
Sleeps in Arms Only:
Most comfortable place for a new born baby is mother’s arms, a
newborn baby should be kept close to its mother as
far as possible and many a times if baby is left alone, they
feel lonely, uncomfortable and they wake up and
start to cry. This is a natural phenomenon and often
described as an invisible bondage of mother - child
relationship. It is advisable for mother to give
ample time to their newborn and mother should
disassociate with newborn slowly. Mother should make
newborn baby to sleep in their arm and then lay them
in crib (or cot) and should move away once the child
is deep sleep.
Sleep Associations:
As child grows older they automatically gets disassociated with
their mother and often sleep alone. Commonly a
child sleeps after a short play, after feeding or
rocking in cradle. Kids can be slowly disassociated
from these activities and can be made to sleep in
cot with proper and regular training
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