How to Get Your Baby to Sleep

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Getting your baby to sleep, with as few tears as possible. For both of you.

It's one of the first obstacles in parenting: Getting your newborn to sleep through the night.

"I think it's more when she doesn't sleep it frustrates me and then as soon as I get frustrated she feeds off me," says mom Melissa King.

The issue is one of the most common presented to pediatricians during routine checkups.

"The realistic expectation is about four months of age only 25% of babies sleep through the night at six months it's up to about 50% about nine months it's about 75%," according to Lee Memorial Health System's Dr. Martin Sherman.

He says the most important step is to put babies to bed while they are still awake.

"They need to be able to transition to sleep, they need to know how to put themselves to sleep."

Using food as a sleep inducer might get them down, but only for a while.

"An hour or two later the baby wakes up and if the baby doesn't know how to put themselves back to sleep, then we have the problem," Dr. Sherman says.

Establishing a routine is also important. Which is what Melissa King does with Sophie.

"We call it the three B's. It's bath, bottle, bed. The bath cools her down and mellows her out and then we go straight to the bottle and then it's bedtime," King says.

As for bedtime, your baby may already show signs of wanting to go to sleep early or stay up later. It's okay to let them decide within reason. As long as they're getting at least nine hours of continuous sleep, the whole family can rest easy.


Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, FL is the largest network of medical care facilities in Southwest Florida and is highly respected for its expertise, innovation and quality of care. For nearly a century, we've been providing our community with everything from primary care treatment to highly specialized care services and robotic assisted surgeries.
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I'm a big sister.😝 It's 1:29 am, I'm trying to help my mom, and It is NOT going well.

cruuuxc
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Hi there! That is true. I have a 4 and half years old son and he associated sleep with food that lasted until he was about 2. After that, he decided himself somehow to give up on it and things started to get on a normal sleep routine.

Madyteenseña
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My step mum is pregnant and I want to help out so I’m learning as much as possible but there’s so much I think I’m going to fail

TB-ccct
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When i knoww mine is tired or itching his eyess bcz of tiredness i rock him in my arms gently swaying and make a shush sound like shuush shsssh gently which he falls asleep to

hasnanoor.
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My sister / neighbour loves my baby so I say “ I bet you can’t get her to sleep” sis “ bet you I can “.





( I walk out of room ).



(2 hours later ) I walk back in and that is how you get a baby to sleep.😂😂😂😂😂

cadenb
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AND THAT WHY U DON'T NEED SLEEP UR LITTLE BRO IS MORE U KNOW GOOD THEN SLEEP

whitneyfallon
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My baby sleeps for 4 hours a day would be more but we can't seem to put her down without a crying fit she's 3 weeks old today

blackirish
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My son is one years old and he still wakes up through the night whining and wanting a bottle how can I get him to sleep through the night?

raysaheredia
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I'm tying too get my 1 year old sister to sleep!!!!

HolidayLynn
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my niece won’t go the fuck to sleep and i wanna throw myself out the fucking window

potterishotterr
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He's talking about sleep training which has been proven to cause anxiety and depression in children. The undermining he's referring to is a parent not wanting to listen to their baby cry for hours on end in a room alone.

ayaan
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so... um.. how do i get my baby to sleep?

y_ani
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Drop of NyQuil in grape juice, then let them like down on the couch 5 min later. Put some classical music on and let your baby listen to it with headphones 😉 not so tough now are we 😂

nittibit
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Im a 15 year old dude with a 1 year old sister I’m kinda struggling lol

Ethan.k
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my 4 month old baby does t get 9 hours. Less than that. I guess this video is for older babies lol

sunshinelovenv
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He plays too much, the night is no different from the day to him only five months old and I have never had a good night sleep since his birth

lizzylitty