It's a good trick to get the baby to sleep
Anything that would make the baby feel safe and comfortable could include in his bedtime procedure. However, in order to achieve optimal results, the pre-sleeping procedure for the baby should be simple and enforced in the same order every night。
1. Release energy
Sometimes it's good to let the baby save his energy for a day before he's ready to go to sleep. Take him and dance with the songs he likes, put him on your shoulder on a big horse, or if he likes, you can let him play on a pool chair. Of course, this intense play should take place at the front of the bedtime program, and then you have to let him do something quieter, like a bath, a story。
2. Bath
In many families, a comfortable warm bath is the pre-sleep procedure most popular to the baby. Keep the baby warm and clean, and he'll be more willing to sleep. In addition, bathing gives fathers the opportunity to enjoy a rare period of parenthood with the baby, which is particularly important during the exclusive breastfeeding period, after all, when it comes to feeding the baby. If baths make the baby too excited, or if he doesn't like baths, that's okay. After all, a baby of this size doesn't have to take a bath every day, just once or twice a week。
3. Pre-sleep wash
The pre-sleep procedure for the baby may include washing of the face, washing of teeth or brushing of teeth, changing diapers, wearing pajamas, etc. It is important that the baby be used to brushing teeth early, so that he will not resist brushing teeth later。
Play a quiet game
Play a quiet game with him in the living room or on the floor of the baby's room and make the baby happy. You can play hand dolls for a little while or build blocks together. Anyway, you can do whatever makes the baby happy, but not too excited。
5. Talk
Sleep is the best time to talk to the baby, and you can talk to him before he can tell you how his day is over. Simple, you just have to remember for him what happened that day, or you can tell him what you did all day. One of the mothers at the baby centre put the baby in the bed every time, and she or the baby's father sat in the rocking chair by the bed, then turned off the light and talked to the baby about his day. This way the baby relaxes and sleeps easily。
Say “good night”
Many of the babies prefer to have adults say good night with their own toys, family or other objects in their arms, and some not only insist on good night every day, but also rise the next morning to say good night。
Read a bedtime story
Read the story to the baby, like bathing him, has always been a baby's favorite activity. Some mothers and fathers have been reading for the baby since he was very young and have to read for two or three copies every night。
Studies have shown that daily exposure to a large number of words improves his language skills and even his intelligence. Not only that, but the time you spent alone with each other could benefit the baby。
Sing a lullaby
The lullaby has been helping tired babies to sleep. Your baby loves listening to his voice, that's your voice. A gentle and pacifying melody also helps him to calm down. If you can continue singing to him every night, he will know, slowly, that singing is going to sleep。
Play some music
When you arrange for the baby to sleep, you can use a cd or a tape recorder to play him a lullaby, classical music or other soft work, and turn the music down as you prepare to leave the baby's room, which will help the baby to move from a state of soberness to a state of sleep. It may also be helpful to record a sound of his sleep or to use a white noise machine, which, in addition to pacifying the baby, can shield the noise outside。
