Parenting Tips - Babies

 

Babies

Sleeping

• Parents of new babies often feel exhausted, with never enough sleep. Hang in there! It does get better. • New babies don't have regular sleep patterns. Some sleep nearly all day, others for only short periods.

• Try and grab some rest when baby is sleeping. • All babies are born with different sleep needs. A few babies will sleep through the night but many will wake regularly.

Babies

Crying

• All babies cry. Crying is how they tell you what they need - perhaps they are hungry, lonely or in pain.  • Newborn babies usually stop crying after they've been fed. You will gradually learn what your baby's cries mean.  • If babies are in pain they usually cry sharply and loudly.

• Try and grab some rest when baby is sleeping. • All babies are born with different sleep needs. A few babies will sleep through the night but many will wake regularly.

• It is difficult for parents when babies cry in pain and they can't find the problem. • No one likes to hear a baby cry. It can be so upsetting that you want to cry too. If it all gets too much for you, get help.

Babies

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