sleeping and your newborn baby

 sleeping  and your newborn baby

 is the state of relaxation of the muscle and less perception of the environmental stimuli.  sleep is a naturally reoccurring  activities coupled with alteration to the consciousness, decreased response to stimuli  and inhibition of voluntary muscles activities. sleeping help to conserve energy and human beings may suffer from sleep disorders such as insomnia, hypersomnia,  apnea, sleep walking, etc when  sleep starved.   

 new born babies sleeps a lot at least 16 hours a day and , newborn sleeps both during the day and the night, they sleep all the time and wake up after 2-3 hours  to feed because their little stomach doesn’t  hold  much breast to keep them strong.  and healthy , therefore they wake up any time of the day or night to eat.

  newborn babies may sleep for more than  fifteen hours a day walking after 2 or 3 hours to feed  babies that are breast fed tend to wake after two or three hour whereas bottled-fed babies use to take longer,  babies need food at these age more than sleeping,  therefore babies should wake up as to feed from time to time. after you  notice a weight gain , then you can allow it to sleep for a longer time. the first month of a baby’s life can be  can be challenging for a new mother, she need to get up many times in the night to feed her baby.  each baby has a different sleeping pattern as adult , some may be be sleeping through at the night for the first 2 months while others may not.

  for the first week of a baby’s birth some parent may sleep in the same bed with their infant , that is bed-sharing  while others may choose to room-share with their baby.  when you place your baby’s crib  in same room with you  ,  you easily get close to it, to hear smell or sense any change. this will help with baby’s feeding and sleep habits and new parent to  get the  much needed sleep. room-sharing is is safe while putting your baby to sleep with you in the same bed may not be safe , though it depend on your choice. room-sharing is preferred to bed-sharing because there is a risk that the baby may suffocate or strangle in bed-sharing .

 follow these procedures when putting your baby to sleep

·         start by placing your bay on its back not on the stomach or side to sleep.

·         use a firm crib mattress with  that fit it, ensure that your crib is up to standard.

·         all  toys, pillows blanket must be removed from the crib. ensure that nothing else is in the crib or bassinet  as these things may block the baby’s breathing.

·         put the crib or bassinet away from any other items, like hanging bags, wall pictures etc as these may fall on your baby