How to coax your baby to fall asleep quickly?

After a baby is born, he or she spends the rest of the time sleeping except for feeding. When the baby is a little older, it is very difficult to get him to fall asleep quickly, because children are lively by nature and prone to crying. Sometimes the mother doesn’t even have time to rest. In fact, there are many ways to coax your baby to sleep, so how can you coax your baby to fall asleep quickly?

1. Observe sleepiness cues

When babies feel sleepy, they will send out hints, such as rubbing their eyes and yawning. Head nurse Xue Huizhen recommends that parents can observe their babies for 1 to 2 weeks to understand their baby's physiological schedule and then set a suitable sleep time. Cultivating the habit of falling asleep on their own during the time when babies are prone to sleepiness will achieve results faster and can also save parents from frustration.

If the baby's biological clock cannot coordinate with the family schedule, parents can make separate schedules for the baby and the family to understand the differences and slowly adjust the time difference to a range that is acceptable to both parties.

2. Create a comfortable sleeping environment

Light: It is recommended that parents use bright and dim light to help their babies distinguish the difference between the awake and asleep environments. Parents are reminded to draw the curtains during the day to reduce the light intensity, and turn off the indoor lights at night, leaving only a night light for night visits, so that the baby will not be easily frightened if he wakes up in the middle of the night.

Temperature: The most comfortable room temperature is around 25℃. Parents should not let their babies wear too many clothes to avoid discomfort caused by sweating and affecting their sleep.

Noise: Try to keep a quiet atmosphere at home one hour before bedtime. If parents do not go to sleep together, they should try to reduce noise that may disturb the baby's sleep. There is no need to deliberately maintain an absolutely quiet environment when the baby is sleeping, so as to avoid making the baby more sensitive to noise.

Bedding: Soft bedding can provide a comfortable tactile sensation and has a positive effect on helping babies fall asleep. However, care must be taken not to place heavy quilts or ropes around the bed that may cause suffocation, so as to avoid accidents when parents leave.

3. Establish a regular bedtime routine

One hour before your baby goes to bed, you can start a series of ending rituals, such as taking a bath, drinking milk, brushing teeth, changing into pajamas, telling bedtime stories, listening to music, saying good night, etc. Through regular bedtime rituals, it is equivalent to giving the baby the instruction "go to bed after doing these things", helping the baby to develop the cognition of falling asleep naturally.