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Babies Sleeping through the Night

BY Jean Burns

For the past year, I have constantly been asked how I’ve been able to have my one year old sleep so well. Many of my friends and family members have had struggles getting their babies to sleep and often ask me for good baby sleep tips to help them out.

Like most new moms, I was not very educated on how the supermoms out there got their babies to sleep, so I used the only method I knew how. Night after night, I rocked and hummed and cuddled my son until he was asleep…at least until his first of multiple night time feedings. It is to be expected that newborn sleep patterns leave most parents exhausted but after a while this can become a real struggle. Around the fifth month, I was determined to find anything via baby forums, books, even old home remedies that would teach me how to get a baby to sleep.
I used to think that babies sleeping through the night were somehow mythical creatures. Typically, if you ask a new mom the words baby and sleep don’t usually go together. It’s almost like an unwritten rule that you have to be sleep deprived for months…maybe even a year or more before your child is sleeping through the night. How could it be possible that someone, somewhere had figured out a way to make a baby sleep through the night and I did not know about it?

After trying everything from using calming temple balms, baby massages, forming night time routines, I was at my wits end to find the promise land… night time relief. I began my endless search through baby sleep techniques, though my eyes were blurry from sleep deprivation.  Through trial and error, I began to notice small changes in my babies sleep patterns. Eventually, I learned that consistency of his night time routine and creating the right sleep environment added to the mix were priceless tools and I was well on my way to finding the perfect slumber solution. I was so surprised how well my baby responded to very small and simple changes. As if magically, one day all of my prayers had been answered I awakened to find that at last my baby sleeping through the night!!
If you are struggling, walking tiredly into walls, pulling out your hair, simply at your wits end over your baby sleeping through the night, do not give up. Finding the right information is all it takes to literally put your nocturnal nightmares to rest.

Baby forums are great for finding what other moms have tried and failed with and who has found neat little tricks that actually work. Just because one thing worked quickly for someone else’s sleeping baby, does not mean that it will be the same road for you. Try not to become discouraged but hang in there. The process of your baby sleeping through the night is short lived compared to the months of sleepless suffering you could endure if you cut your time too short, too soon. Remember that this is not only a learning process for you, but is a learning process for your baby.
Today, I am lucky enough to have a one year old sleep through the night, take naps, and even bedtime with the babysitter is a breeze. I used techniques that were simple to execute and sustain night after night.  Fortunately my achievements…and I do mean achievement with my babies sleep habits have been a great source of inspiration and information for many of my family and friends who found themselves in my sleepy shoes. Luckily for them, I decided to hang in there and got through the process of learning how to get a baby to sleep. Lucky for me, I was well informed and could help their baby sleep and the parents finally had uninterrupted sweet dreams.