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ESTABLISHING HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS: 3 TO 6 MONTHS
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TYPICAL SLEEP AT THIS AGE
Congratulations! By now your nights of getting up every two or three
hours are behind you -- we hope. By three or four months, most babies
are sleeping 15 hours a day, ten of those hours at night and the rest
divided among three daytime naps (that number will drop to two when
your baby is six months old). You may still be getting up once or twice
a night for feedings at the beginning of this stage, but by the time
your baby is six months old, she'll be physically capable of sleeping
through the night. Whether she actually will depends on whether she's
learning good sleep habits and patterns.
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HOW YOU CAN ESTABLISH HEALTHY SLEEP HABITS
At this age, these are the best things you can do to make sure your
child is learning the right sleep habits:
> Establish set bed- and naptimes -- and stick to them.
When your baby was a newborn, deciding when to put her down for the
night was as easy as watching for her signs of sleepiness (eye-rubbing,
ear-pulling, and so on). Now that she's a little older, you should
establish a specific bedtime, as well as consistent naptimes, to
regulate her sleep patterns. A good baby bedtime is usually between 7
and 8:30 p.m.; any later and she's likely to get overtired and have a
hard time falling asleep. Your baby may not seem tired late at night --
on the contrary, she may appear very energetic, almost bouncing off the
walls. But trust us: That's a sure sign it's past her bedtime. You can
set naptimes the same way you set bedtimes -- plan them for a specific
time each day -- or go more by feel, putting your baby down when you
know she's tired and needs to recharge. As long as she's getting enough
sleep ( http://www.babycenter.com/general/7645.html ), either approach
is fine.
> Begin to develop a bedtime routine.
If you haven't already done so, now is also a good time to start a
bedtime routine ( http://www.babycenter.com/general/7913.html ). Your
ritual can include any (or all) of the following: giving your baby a
bath, playing a quiet game, getting your child ready for bed, reading a
bedtime story ( http://www.babycenter.com/general/7529.html ) or two,
singing a lullaby ( http://www.babycenter.com/general/6728.html ), and
giving her a kiss goodnight. Whatever routine works for your family is
fine, as long as you do it in the same order and at the same time every
night. Children thrive on consistency, and this is no exception.
> Wake your child in the morning to reset her daily clock.
If your baby tends to sleep more than ten hours at night, it's okay to
wake her up in the morning to help her reset her daily clock. While it
may seem like ten hours at night isn't a problem, your baby needs to
follow a regular sleep / wake pattern and recharge with naps during the
day. Waking her at the same time every morning will help keep her naps
on target.
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POTENTIAL PITFALLS
Night waking ( http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/7593.html ) and
developing negative sleep associations -- when your baby learns to
depend on something like rocking or nursing to fall asleep -- affect
newborns and older babies alike. But some three- to six-month-olds may
have a new problem: difficulty falling asleep.
If your baby is having a hard time getting to sleep at night, first
make sure she's not staying up too late (as we mentioned, an overtired
baby can make for a difficult bedtime). If that's not the culprit, she
may have developed one or more problematic sleep associations. She
needs to learn to fall asleep by herself, not because she's been
soothed to sleep by your arms, your breast, or a pacifier.
But if that's not the case and your baby is still having difficulty
falling asleep, you can consider using some form of the "cry-it-out"
approach. Of course, what will work best for you depends on your
personal beliefs and sleep philosophy. To find out what some of the top
experts have to say, see our chart
( http://www.babycenter.com/general/3670.html ).
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