Comments on: Teaching Baby To Sleep Through The Night http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/ Feel free to fix my typos in your head as you are reading Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:05:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: My baby is eating my brain http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-19750 My baby is eating my brain Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:53:18 +0000 http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/#comment-19750 [...] up to the top, is instrumental in getting him to sleep well, but Be A Good Dad has a great list of ways get kids to sleep through the night. I’m in the process of tattooing it to my forearm. Dad, dawn of the dead, sleepShare This [...] [...] up to the top, is instrumental in getting him to sleep well, but Be A Good Dad has a great list of ways get kids to sleep through the night. I’m in the process of tattooing it to my forearm. Dad, dawn of the dead, sleepShare This [...]

]]> By: MyBestInvest http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-19748 MyBestInvest Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:48:59 +0000 http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/#comment-19748 Your routine is almost identical to what we did with our two kids. Daughter was sleeping through the night very early, but Son took a little while longer. They are both terrific sleepers to this day. Your routine is almost identical to what we did with our two kids. Daughter was sleeping through the night very early, but Son took a little while longer.

They are both terrific sleepers to this day.

]]> By: Maria http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-19733 Maria Mon, 24 Dec 2007 04:50:46 +0000 http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/#comment-19733 Some good tips, though they might not work for everyone-- especially breastfed babies, as they need to nurse/eat more often than formula fed babies. Not to continually point that out....just offering another perspective. Also, I would point out that all babies are different, and if ones baby is not sleeping through the night at a young age, it is not abnormal, but actually more normal not to sleep through the night. My midwife said double the birth weight or 14 pounds for sleeping through the night, which she defined as six hours straight. Babies who are nursing and separated from their mother might reverse cycle, which requires more night feedings. Sometimes babies wake for reasons other than hunger, and if the baby is ready physically to sleep through the night, try other methods of getting the baby back to sleep before feeding. Big changes in baby's life usually means a disruption in his/her sleep cycle. We've had quite a few of those thanks to moving from Europe to the US while The Boy was about six months old. Also, teething... illnesses... developmental milestones... all events that can and do disrupt sleep for little ones. My "key" has been to keep a routine and recognize The Boy's sleep cues. If he is sleepy early, I skip his bath (for example). Some good tips, though they might not work for everyone– especially breastfed babies, as they need to nurse/eat more often than formula fed babies. Not to continually point that out….just offering another perspective.

Also, I would point out that all babies are different, and if ones baby is not sleeping through the night at a young age, it is not abnormal, but actually more normal not to sleep through the night. My midwife said double the birth weight or 14 pounds for sleeping through the night, which she defined as six hours straight.

Babies who are nursing and separated from their mother might reverse cycle, which requires more night feedings.

Sometimes babies wake for reasons other than hunger, and if the baby is ready physically to sleep through the night, try other methods of getting the baby back to sleep before feeding.

Big changes in baby’s life usually means a disruption in his/her sleep cycle. We’ve had quite a few of those thanks to moving from Europe to the US while The Boy was about six months old. Also, teething… illnesses… developmental milestones… all events that can and do disrupt sleep for little ones.

My “key” has been to keep a routine and recognize The Boy’s sleep cues. If he is sleepy early, I skip his bath (for example).

]]> By: Steve Poceta MD http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-19729 Steve Poceta MD Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:47:48 +0000 http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/#comment-19729 Hi, I thought your post was very good. I did, however, elaborate on the music thing at my own blog on sleep disorders. If you are interested, here is the link: http://www.revolutionhealth.com/blogs/stevepocetamd/sleep-and-baby-10084 Hi,
I thought your post was very good. I did, however, elaborate on the music thing at my own blog on sleep disorders. If you are interested, here is the link:
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/blogs/stevepocetamd/sleep-and-baby-10084

]]> By: Modified mummy http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/comment-page-1/#comment-19726 Modified mummy Sun, 23 Dec 2007 01:45:16 +0000 http://www.beagooddad.com/736/teaching-baby-to-sleep-through-the-night/#comment-19726 Regarding the music at bedtime, we did that too with Callum. There was one absolutly beautiful song that would be put on repeat at bedtime. It was on a CD that came with a parenting magazine. When Sammy gets his own room (as he is still with us) he'll most likely have that CD on too :) Yay for you all having a bit of a handle on things :) Sammy generally wanst to go to bed just as I'm giving callum his bath. No matter how I try I never seem to time it right, lol. But when he is put in bed he stays down 'till morning, yay! Regarding the music at bedtime, we did that too with Callum. There was one absolutly beautiful song that would be put on repeat at bedtime. It was on a CD that came with a parenting magazine. When Sammy gets his own room (as he is still with us) he’ll most likely have that CD on too :)

Yay for you all having a bit of a handle on things :)

Sammy generally wanst to go to bed just as I’m giving callum his bath. No matter how I try I never seem to time it right, lol. But when he is put in bed he stays down ’till morning, yay!

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