PREPARING AN INFANT FOR SLEEP

BATH THEM

• Bathing the infant will relax it and make it easier for them to fall asleep

FEED THEM

• If you feed them they want get hungry later on in the night as fast
• And it will make them less likely to wake up in the middle of the night

ROCK THEM

• If you rock a bay gently it will calm him down and feel him self
• A gentle swaying motion will lull them into a sleep

PUT THE BABY IN THE BED AT THE SAME TIME EVERY NIGHT

• If you put them in the bed at the same time every night they will get use to it an know when its time for bed
• And if you put them to bed at the same time they will start getting sleepy around that time

MAKE A RUTIEN FOR WHEN YOURE ABOUT TO GO TO BED

• If you do the same thing every night right before you put the baby to bed then it will know when its time for sleep
• You have to keep the rutien constant
• Like bathe it, rock it, feed it if its hungry, and then lay them in the bed. This is just one simple rutienn that you can use for putting an infant to sleep