Putting Your Infant to Sleep

This parenting skill will also come from experience as each baby is different. Making sure your infant receives proper sleep is vital to health and development. There are so many "tricks of the trade" that you have to try each one to see which works for you. In this regard I would pass on to you that Chris Towland has a "Baby Sleep Solution Audio Program" that has 23 excellent techniques to put your baby to sleep. He offers an eight week trial course and a 100% full refund you can't beat. Click here for more details.


Your infant's life will consist primarily of sleeping and eating the first few months. You will find that your baby will normally want to sleep right after feeding, or bathing, so if your baby is having trouble sleeping trying one of these two techniques before you want your baby to go to sleep might work. Also singing, or humming a tune while holding your infant has proved successful. Be careful not to develop the habit of always holding or rocking your baby to sleep! Doing so can obligate you to doing this constantly, which trust me you don't want.

After a few weeks, it is possible to begin adjusting your infant to a sleep schedule. You can start training your infant when it is nap time by choosing the desired time of sleep and after making sure that everything is OK with baby, place your infant in a secure crib. Be sure to be consistent every day, for example, if you normally change diapers before putting baby down, make sure you do this regularly, this way your infant will begin to associate this activity with sleep. Make sure the surroundings are the same every time you put your baby down, ex; same smell in the room, crib set up the same way, curtains drawn closed, etc.

You may find that when you start this, your baby will cry for you, be patient! If you've checked everything before hand your baby should be OK, leaving your baby is part of the training. Generally speaking this will last about two weeks, after that, normally your infant will start falling asleep. Always have a baby monitor set up, so even if your not in the room you're still aware of what's going on.

Sometimes you may find that your infant will continue to cry no matter what. Your baby may have colic (constantly crying) and this can be disheartening. Please see your pediatrician and let them know what's going on. I can recommend a site for you to visit which will give you excellent ideas on how to deal with colic, and tips on how to feed your baby while soothing and distracting them from crying, for more info. click here. Remember this will be trial and error but with patience, you will be successful in getting your baby to sleep.

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