Read up on Baby Sleep during Pregnancy and Avoid Many Sleepless Nights
Pregnant? I cannot recommend enough to read up on your own and baby's sleep during pregnancy. Put just a bit of sleep info on your newborn baby checklist and you'll solve half of your sleep problems before they even happen.Sleep has a good chance of becoming your first worry in the times ahead. Yet very few parents actually prepare for it (I was one of them ;)).
But now it's so easy to learn a bit about how baby sleep 'works' (it's very different from our sleep) and what you can do to get the most sleep for baby and yourself. I made this pregnancy sleep kit especially for you:
For you: good sleep during pregnancy
Being pregnant requires a lot from your body and getting good & enough sleep during pregnancy is obviously important. But with hormones racing and your growing belly getting in the way, that's much easier said than done ...Whether you just got pregnant and feel tired constantly or are looking for ways lie comfortably well into pregnancy, you will find these pregnancy fatigue tips helpful.
Sometimes all it takes is to be able to relax: there are simple relaxation techniques including belly breathing & body scan that are very efficient and help you sleep well.
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About your baby's sleep
A baby does not come into the world ready to sleep well. A newborn does not even know the difference between day and night. Let alone being able to sleep regularly or for long stretches.If you are pregnant now and you have read the above 3 sentences with interest, please remember them. They hold an important key that will help you deal with your baby's sleep well when bringing home baby and in the first months after birth.
Simply realising that sleep does not always come easy for a baby and understanding how sleep does work for her will help you and her to get the most and best sleep.
My Complete Newborn Sleep Guide is the must-read with all about newborn sleep: what to expect and why, how to get the most sleep from Day 1 and how to solve most newborn sleep problems.
These articles help explain the basics:
Why Is Sleep Important?
How Much Sleep Is Enough?
Newborn Sleep Patterns
Bonding with baby during pregnancy can also prepare the both of you for good sleep after birth
And you are welcome to download my free mini-guide "Baby Sleep Essentials": it explains the 9 basic ingredients of good sleep.
Read up on different sleep methods too (all about no cry sleep, attachment parenting, baby whisperer, Ferber method, crying it out, ...). Cherry-pick ideas from each as they appeal to you or you may just find the single unique thing that fits you perfectly.
Your newborn baby checklist
When working on your new baby checklist - sleep accessories, where baby will sleep, what she will wear, ... - are important. But what is really necessary? What actually helps baby sleep?Let my recommended newborn baby checklist guide you.
Safety is crucial when it comes to arranging your baby's sleeping place. You will find practical help in the Crib Safety and SIDS section.
The simple basics for your checklist:
- A crib or co sleeping arrangement (check my cosleepers guide for guidance)
- A dim night light
- A musical mobile
- A wearable blanket
- Light, well-fitting pajamas
See the Sleepy Baby Product Reviews for more parents' views of different baby sleep accessories.
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