Birth does not end with labor pains but takes along with it months of restless nights. Though babies sleep for fourteen to eighteen hours a during the 1st week and twelve to sixteen hours when they are definitely a month old but their cycle is irregular and most babies don’t stay asleep for over 2 to 4 hours at a time, night or day, during the initial few weeks of life that means lots of sleep for your baby and a particularly busy schedule for you.

Thus it’s a smart move for mothers to sleep whenever their babies sleep. But this a particularly transient phase and after six to eight months of age babies start sleeping for brief periods in the day and sleep for long hours at night. There are particular things that will help your kid settle to sleep. Continue reading →