Sleep - it's something you take for granted before you have a baby, and something you can only dream about once they've arrived.With newborn babies waking frequently at night, it's no surprise new mums report spending their first weeks and months
Everyone expects sleepless nights in the early weeks with a new baby. But what happens when those exhausting, bleary-eyed weeks turn into months or drag on for even a year or more? Mums say how they tackled their older babies' sleep problems
http://www.madeformums.com/cl.asp?cn=546The sound of your crying baby can be the most distressing thing for new mums. Here, we offer advice on knowing why your baby may be crying and how to soothe your little one, as well as tips from the experts
New parents are obsessed by how much sleep their baby needs. (Nearly as obsessed as by how much sleep they get themselves.) Most newborns sleep 16 to 22 hours a day in the early weeks. Nobody's sure why babies need so much sleep,' says Dr Louise
to fit in with your regular pattern and by 3 or 4 months, when his physiology has matured a little, he should stay awake longer during the day and sleep more at night.By 9 months, most babies only wake once or twice a night.When you need helpMost new mums
Most new mums find that of all the new experiences that come with having a baby, your little one's sleep, or lack of it, is what causes the most anxiety. Getting your baby settled into a good night-time routine is often the key to a peaceful night
Do you dread the hours between 6pm and 10pm? Perhaps it's because you're spending all your time running up and down stairs desperately trying to calm your fractious baby and get her to sleep. Nearly every new mum has been there, but there are ways
. Either, try and leave her for 10 minutes when she wakes to see if she can settle herself back off to sleep. If she starts to cry, pick her up and pat her back until she stops and then put her back down again. Try this for 20 minutes and if she doesn't go
