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Top Tips for helping you and your baby sleep
The joy of a new baby is certainly special and something that all new parents
experience. However, a lack of sleep is also part of having a new baby and new
parents notoriously get very little sleep, if any at all. Fortunately, there are some
strategies and tips to help new parents get some sleep when the new baby comes. Of
course, with a baby you will never get an over abundance of sleep, but these tips will
help you at least get enough sleep to keep your sanity.
Tip 1: Take turns
When the baby starts crying both parents generally wake up, even if only one attends
to the baby. However, in the first couple of months both parents might get up each
time the baby cries. This will lead to a lack of sleep for both parents. The best plan is for
mum and dad to make a plan beforehand of who will get up to comfort the crying
baby. Generally, taking turns is really the best option and will help everyone get just
a little more sleep.
Obviously, if the mother is breastfeeding, then this can prove more difficult for each of
the parent to take turns. A good idea is on occasions for the woman to express some
milk in advance and allow the partner to do the feeding in the night. This is a good
thing to establish in the first few weeks of a baby’s life, so they can get used to feeding
from both the beast and a bottle.
Get all bottles, sterilising equipment, formula, etc. ready before you go to bed so as to
not make the ‘getting up in the middle of the night’ process even more painful to deal
with!
Tip 2: Nap with baby
If you are caring for the baby and are tired and the baby goes to sleep then you should
take a nap as well. It is so tempting to run around the house cleaning up each time the
baby has a nap, but you need to rest too. This is particularly important in the first few
days and weeks of having your baby. You have been through so much too and to be able
to look after your baby, you need to look after yourself!
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