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There are only a handful of things that would make my
babies wake up at night.
But it took me a while to learn what they all were.
Once I knew what the challenges were, it was easier to avoid them and to
keep us sleeping through the night.
Sleep was very important to the development of my baby's brain and her
little body.
So I wanted to help her get as much sleep as she could.
All my children were different, but here where the top five sleep
interruptions and what we did about them.
We wanted to eliminate all the sleep disruptions that we could.
One that I learned very early on is the leaky diaper.
Leaks mean wet baby.
And when my little one was wet, she would wake up.
So I found a high-quality diaper to help keep her dry at night.
And it was soft and comfortable, so I used Pampers.
They help keep her dry at night by locking wetness away from her skin.
And they were soft and comfortable.
This helped us tackle one of the more common sleep disruptors.
And a good night of sleep meant a good morning for both of us.
For those first couple months, all of my babies ate every few
hours, around the clock.
I learned pretty quickly that I didn't want them to need to eat
to go back to sleep.
So I would keep them awake while they ate, sometimes by talking or singing
quietly to them.
Or I would change their diaper halfway through feeding to
help them stay awake.
Putting them in the bed before they were asleep was the key to teaching
them how to put themselves back to sleep.
My babies all seemed to have a window of time for putting them down.
And if I missed it, then they got over tired, and I'd have a hard time
getting them down at all.
It took me a while, because they were all different.
But eventually I learned all their sleepy signals, things like rubbing
their eyes, fussiness, or laying their head down.
When I saw any of these, I'd get them to bed as soon as I could.
Loud noises were often a problem, especially for child two and three.
Though we also found the silence was a problem as well.
So as much as possible, I tried to have some kind of background noise
when they went to bed, often some lullaby music.
All of our babies woke up at night, but we wanted them to learn to put
themselves back to sleep.
So we tried our best not to run in every time they whimpered, because our
noise and energy would often be the thing that woke them up.
Have you ever been visiting someone or staying at hotel, and when you wake up
it takes a minute for you to figure out where you are.
Well, that's what it's like for babies, except they will need to see
your face to orient them.
So if they wake up at night, in a different place than where they went
to sleep, they will often cry out for you.
To help with this, we try to keep a bedtime routine which includes going
to sleep in the same place they're going to sleep all night.
This is especially true if we were sleeping away from home.
Well, those were are five.
But every baby's different.
I bet you're already figuring out the routine that suites your baby best.
If your baby is waking up a lot at night, don't worry.
You will find the routine that works for you.
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