Try bathing, cuddling, singing, playing quiet music or reading, with a clearly defined end point when you leave the room. Begin these activities before your baby is overtired in a quiet, softly lit room. Put your baby to bed drowsy, but awake. This will help your baby associate bed with the process of falling asleep.
How do you induce a sleeping baby?
Why rocking + lullabies really can work
- Swaddling (for infants).
- Massage.
- Any light, repetitive movement, like swaying or swinging.
- Feeding (not until babies fall asleep, but just until they become drowsy).
- Dimming the lights.
- Playing soft music or tranquil sounds from a white noise machine or app. (Turn off the TV.)
What to do if baby is fighting sleep?
- Memorize drowsy signs. ...
- Keep things low-key. ...
- Practice separating. ...
- Get to know your baby's “wake windows,” or the amount of time baby can handle being awake at a stretch, which varies by age. ...
- Make daytime for playtime. ...
- Take the routine on the road. ...
- Change her bedtime. ...
- Plan a longer afternoon nap.
