Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs.
It requires a lot of patience and multiple sleepless nights.
It is not uncommon for a new born child to continuously cry at night.
You might have even noticed much newborn sleep during the day and wake at night.
Such a sleeping pattern is normal and can be related to a jet lag, in adults.
Why does the baby wake up? Remember! A fetus is developed in mother's womb without a direct impact of light.
After delivery, a child is exposed to light for the first time.
In hospitals and intensive care units, the entire ward is flooded in white.
It is therefore difficult for babies to adjust to the new conditions.
Human body reacts to unfamiliar conditions, therefore it develops a natural tendency to cringe for the light and go in sleep mode.
At night, the conditions for body are more familiar, therefore a new-born may feel more comfortable.
Such a state is very short and temporary.
Soon, babies adjust to a new world.
Teach babies to sleep Even after a month, many babies are sleepless throughout the night.
Parents need to teach babies to sleep by attending them at night.
Yes, it is difficult but certainly doable.
Initial periods may require parents to continually feed babies after three to four hours.
Very few infants are able to continuously sleep for more than four hours.
During sleep cycles they will require at least one hour of feeding, petting and burping.
This leaves most parents with only two hours of sleep during a baby sleep cycle.
Regular sleep timings In order to effectively improve the sleep timings, parents need to develop sleeping habits.
It can be developed by trying to coax the baby to sleep without the regular feed.
If you feel that a lullaby and rocking is helping, you don't have to feed the baby.
After three months, try putting the baby in coats.
They will definitely wake up in the middle of night but try not to pick them up and sooth them in their coats.
Ultimately, they will adjust to the new environment.