sleep training
By gorjuzliz10
@gorjuzliz10 (201)
Philippines
May 8, 2012 11:41am CST
I have a 3 month old baby girl. Although, she sleeps at night most of the time and take short naps during the day, I am aware that sleeping pattern of babies change. Since I work online, if she is still asleep at 5:30 in the afternoon, I wake her up just so I can put her back to sleep after 2 to 3 hours.
Is it too early to start training my baby to sleep at night? If so, what is the right way to do it?
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3 responses
@peavey (16936)
• United States
8 May 12
I don't think it's too early at all. The easiest way I know of to train her to sleep at night is to do as you've been doing and wake her up so she will be sleepy by bed time. Make it more pronounced as time goes on; don't try to force it all at once. Wake her up at 5 PM for awhile, then at 4:30 - whatever it takes so that she's sleepy and ready to rest when you want her to go to bed for the night.
That said, all babies are different and some will need a feeding in a few hours while some will be able to sleep through the night, but will wake up very hungry. If she wakes up in two or three hours, feed her, change her and put her back to bed. It won't take long until she will be sleeping longer and longer.
@gorjuzliz10 (201)
• Philippines
8 May 12
thanks! also, if i may ask, do you think that pacifier would also help in putting a baby to sleep?
@peavey (16936)
• United States
8 May 12
That depends on whether she seems to need to suck or not. If she's happy without it, don't give it to her. I know that now they say that sucking on a pacifier helps with digestion and even recommend them sometimes. If she seems to need one to sleep, use it, but be aware that she may suck on it in the night when she really should be getting fed. That probably won't be an issue as she gets older, but then you have to break her of the habit and that can be hard.
I realize that's not much of an answer, but you'll have to watch her and see if she really needs it or not. A couple or three nights of experimenting with one or without one should be enough to tell whether it really helps her or not.
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@anusha2128 (886)
• India
8 May 12
Absolutely not my friend.I too had 3months old baby in my hand.I am suffering a lot to keep her awake in the day time and sleep during nights.We have to start doing this from now only.All the best friend...
@gorjuzliz10 (201)
• Philippines
8 May 12
thanks! i have also read online that there is nothing wrong with starting to train your baby this early to sleep during night time.
@ShyBear88 (59284)
• Sterling, Virginia
8 May 12
No its never to early for sleeping training in a baby. Yes babies sleeping patters change she might not in a few months when she starts teething sleeping through the night or almost all night. You do want to get like some kind of routine down now so when that does start it'll be a bit easier to deal with.
With my daughter she started at 4 months and I would put her to bed at 9pm every night if that meant me sitting in a dark room with music patting my daughters back till she went to sleep. in the day time I let her sleep when she was tired and didn't stop her till she set her own nap time.
