How Should Babies Sleep?




Quality and regular sleep is important for the healthy development of babies. Sleep training can be beneficial from 4 months to 4 years of age to ensure this.


1. Sleep Training in Brief
2. Advantages / Disadvantages of Sleep Training
3. Maintaining the Order After Sleep Training




1.Sleep Training in Brief:




Patience and consistency in the path you set out to change your baby's sleep habits is to be able to teach them to fall asleep in their bed and sleep uninterrupted for long hours. This is a critical threshold in the mother-child relationship.


Preliminary Preparation for Sleep Training

• Dark Curtains
• Music (You can create any lullaby you want by adding or removing the sound you want with the RelaxMelodies tablet application)
• Sleep Companion
• Footed Sleeping Bag (we never cover them because they sleep very energetically)
• A well-fitted duvet cover (we don't use pillows)
• Park Bed
• Thermometer (we need to adjust the room temperature very well, babies can't sleep in a warm environment..)



Sleep training can be given within the framework of a 2-week plan. The plan includes pre-sleep routines, points to consider regarding daytime and nighttime sleep, the gradual removal method (the closest method to the Kim West method) and how to implement the plan.








2. Sleep Training - Advantages




• The caregiver will have the chance to sleep for long hours in your bed for the first time in months.

• Your baby's uninterrupted and long hours of sleep will help him/her grow better
• The problems of separating rooms and sleeping while breastfeeding will automatically disappear.
There will be a diet for eating, drinking, breastfeeding, in short.


Is she/he sleepy? The question will disappear.





2. Sleep Training - Disadvantages




• You need to plan your entire day according to your baby's sleep hours.

• Even if he sleeps during the day in a car seat or stroller, he has to return home at a certain time for night sleep.

It will not be possible to put the baby to sleep during a visit, and it will be necessary to carry a park bed during holidays.




3. Maintaining the Schedule After Sleep Training




Maintaining the Schedule After Sleep Training is the most difficult part of the job. Illnesses, teething period, difficulties caused by new physical skills, waking up for no reason, holidays, guests, keeping up with the Age-Based Sleep Schedule will be challenging. The most important point here is to be consistent and be patient.