BABY SLEEP TIPS - FEEDING DURING THE DAY

Baby Sleep Tips - Feeding During The Day

Every parent of a newborn will inevitably deal with many sleepless nights. Babies, of course,
have many needs, and when they awake in the night they will cry for their mothers. One of your
most important tasks as a parent is to establish good sleeping habits in your child. Every baby
must go through a transition where he adjusts from sleeping with his mother to sleeping on his
own. This is a natural transition of course, and takes some time, but there are things you can do
to expedite the process. Not only will this help your child develop better sleep habits, it will allow
you to get some much needed rest.

Many baby sleep tips exist, and every parent would be well advised to research many different
baby sleep tips. It is important to keep in mind, however, that no baby sleep tip should be
considered hard and fast rules. As a parent, your instincts know best, and when you are in
doubt in regards to baby sleep tips remind yourself of this fact. Many first time parents
experience insecurity in terms of whether their decisions and strategies are correct, and while
you shouldn't be uninformed, you should always view baby sleep tips through the lens of your
own parental instincts.

Now, one thing you should consider when trying to get your newborn to sleep better at night is
what his feeding habits are. Oftentimes the child will be active and otherwise busy during the
day, and won't be doing a lot of feeding. The problem with this, of course, is that he will then
wake you repeatedly thought the night for feedings. A good technique, then, for getting your
baby to sleep better at night is to "tank up" during the day. Try feeding every three hours during
the day. This will not only ensure that you child's appetite is satisfied for the night, but will create
an important association: you want your child to associate feeding with the daytime. If your child
does wake up in the night for a feeding, try to get him to do one full feeding the first time he
wakes up. If you don't do this, you encourage him to "snack" throughout the night - i.e. wake you
up every couple hours.

Again, it is important to understand these baby feeding tips should not be taken as hard and fast
rules, but rather as guidance. In a general way, you want to create both daytime and sleep
associations for your child. You want him to associate feeding and play with something that
happens during the day, and lullabies and baths as something that happens at night, before
bed. By doing this you ease the transition between sleep and wakefulness, which is the ultimate
goal in terms of putting your child to bed easily. If, however, your child doesn't want to feed
every three hours, don't force him. Similarly, don't force a full feeding when you wake him at
night. Rather, think of the bigger picture: by creating general habits and associations for your
child, you will ensure a hasty and healthy sleep development.