How can I get my newborn to sleep through the night?

I have 7 more months till my little one is here, but I am concerned about bringing him/her home. I know they dont understand the difference between day %26amp; night %26amp; they need to learn that but are there things I should and shouldnt do? How can I get him/her to SLEEP through the nights their first month home? Thanks SO much! (=How can I get my newborn to sleep through the night?
Night time, make the room dark, keep your baby calm and soothed. Daytime, bright room, music, toys and singing.





After awhile the baby will know when difference. Finding a routine to suit you and your munchkin always helps too.How can I get my newborn to sleep through the night?
Well, for the first 4-5 months of life it is important that they be fed often - including during the night - so sleeping through the night isn't really gonna happen.


Newborns will eat every 2-3 hours, but during the night it's ok to let them sleep as long as 6 hours before waking them to eat (if they don't wake on their own).


However, many babies still wake every 2-3 hours even during the night to eat and there just isn't anything you can do about that.


You can try to keep them up during the day as much as possible, but remember that newborns can sleep as much as 22 hours a day in the first week or so.


To keep them awake try tickling them or moving them to another place/position or change their diaper (don't forget to use a cold baby wipe).


Also, right before you go to bed, make sure you feed the baby well.


If you breastfeed then feed well on both breasts for as long as he/she will eat.


Swaddle the baby so he/she won't get cold during the night and wake up.


Remember that even when doing this they still may not sleep how you want them to - it's just one of the joys of parenting.


If you are going to breastfeed then I find that night feedings are really easy if you use the side laying position - it helps you get some rest while they eat.


If you plan to formula feed then you will be up a little more because you will have to prepare the bottle and then feed the baby while holding them.
Newborns need to eat every 2-3 hours. If you are trying to get yours to sleep all the way through the entire night then (In my opinion) that is a form of neglect.





However, to help your child adjust to life outside the womb, and to figure out his/her days and nights.





A) Try not to engage the child at night. Let it know that nighttime is quiet time.


B) Give the baby a warm soothing bath relatively close to bedtime


C) If you are breastfeeding your milk changes throughout the day, the milk will have different hormones in it at night that help calm your baby, as opposed to the hormones in the morning that help wake your baby.





Just about any baby related website out there has tips and advice on how to take care of your new baby. You still have plenty of time to figure out how you are going to do things.





Until your baby sleeps all the way through the night (It won't be for a bit) try to take advantage of all the naps your baby takes, and take one with him/her. It will leave you both feeling better.
You will soon realize that you are on baby's schedule. Newborns sleep A LOT anyway. You will find yourself waiting for the little one to wake just to spend time with him/her. Because once the baby wakes it will only be for about 15 minutes or so before they fall back a sleep. Don't worry the baby will figure out day and night soon enough.





I've been co-sleeping with my baby since she was born. She's now 3 months and I'm almost ready to put her in her crib for the whole night (once she rolls over,that's it) But it makes nights sooo easy. She wakes up about 3 times a night to eat.But she never fully wakes because all I have to do is hear her wake slightly ,i turn over ,breast feed her and she falls back asleep. She has consistently been sleeping 12 hours a night because of this. So I highly recommend doing it this way if you can.
You can't, and you shouldn't try. You will upset and frustrate yourself, and risk starving your baby.





Newborns have tiny tummies -- they need to eat often around the clock in order to get the calories and nutrients they need to grow and thrive.





Have realistic expectations (baby probably WON'T sleep all night until at least 4-6 months, and may need night feedings far longer than that), and focus on making the necessary night feeds less tiring for you. (Keep baby close by your bed, breastfeed so you don't have to get up and make bottles, nap as much as possible during the day.)
The short answer is you can't. Babies are not physically capable of sleeping through the night yet. Your baby's stomach is only about the size of his/her tiny fist. That means it empties and needs to be filled A LOT, day and night. The best thing you can do is establish a good routine by following your baby's cues. Most babies sleep through the night around 6-12 months of age. Some lucky parents have babies that sleep through starting around 3-4 months of age.
Newborns rarely sleep through the night, and there's good evidence that they shouldn't. If you're expecting to be able to get your baby to sleep all night at an early age, you have 7 months to adjust those expectations. Some babies don't sleep through the night until they are toddlers! Co-sleeping and breastfeeding can make night wakings a whole lot easier on you, so you might want to consider those options. See the links below for some good information.
She won't. Newborn don't sleep through the night. Their stomachs are very little and they need to eat every 2 hours in order to get the food they need to grow. Most babies don't sleep through the night until they are at least 10 pounds and 3 months old. As they get older they wake up less and less often, but don't kid yourself info thinking she'll sleep through the night as a newborn.
You can try these things but there is no guaranteed that they will work. They worked for us when my son was about 5 weeks old, he would sleep for about 5-7 hour strecthes at night. This only worked until he was about 12 weeks and hit a major growth spurt and needed more feeding at night. He's 9 months and still wakes 1-2 times per night occasionally.





Swaddling-Babies are held tight in your womb for ~40 weeks so when they sleep they like to be held tight and kept warm.





Womb sounds-They sleep better when it's not quiet. For ~40 weeks they listened to your heartbeat, blood flow and other white noise so they are much more content when these sounds are played when they sleep.





Dark-Again for ~40 weeks they were in the dark 24/7, so they prefer low lighting to darkness rather than bright lights. May people think babies need a night light...but that is not true!





Good luck!
oh honey, they don't sleep through the night in their first month. Not in their second month either.





One thing you should do? Breastfeed. There are natural tranquilizers and pain killers in breast milk.
My babies slept through at an early age, BUT not as newborns. You should expect a newborn to have one or two middle of the night feedings.
Lauren is right, they dont haha
The most important thing to do is to help them learn the difference between day and night to start with. Newborns at the start will just feed round the clock. There tummys are tiny and they will need fulling every 2-3 hours roiund the clock. But if you start to teach them straight away it will become habit for you and they will learn to. Make daytimes naps very noisey for them and light. Go about any activitys are you normally would. I let my 8 week daughter nap in the same room im in.When she wakes up talk to her and laugh and play.Then at night make the room you feed in as dark and quiet as possible. I just have one light on low (to stop me nodding off). Dont talk to your baby or even make eye contact. Just aim to feed and get them down agagin. Getting babys to learn this will help you in the long run. Also getting a bedtime routine in will also help get them to learn. Like bath bottle bed or something. To start with none of these things will make a difference and baby will sleep the same during the day and night. But starting doing it early on will get them used to it and it will also get you used to it as well. There is no magic answer though and sleepless nights are the hardest part but it is totally worth it and wont last forever. With my daughter she started of the very worst with sleep and im now one of the lucky one. For the 1st 4 weeks she didnt sleep more than an hour in a row no matter what i did. But as she grew and as i relaxed and doing the day/night thing she has changed. From 4-6 weeks she would wake up twice between 7pm and 7am and then between 6 and 7 weeks she woke up once in a 12 hour period and this passed week (she is 8 weeks tommrrow she has been sleeping 10 hours in a row. But i still expect to have sleepless night and nights when she wakes up loads as she grows her needs change.