You can sing, you can dance, you can rock me for hours on end, you can powder me from head to toe and wrap me in my comfy Bob the Builder pajamas, I’m not going to sleep Mommy dearest. Listen, the way I see it is, sleep is overrated. I’m nine months going on ten and I really don’t think I need to sleep that much; maybe max two hours is enough, me thinks.
What fun we can have Mommy dearest staying up into the wee hours of the night. We could have midnight feasts of milk, milk and more milk, maybe with that occasional apple flavoured cookie that I have a liking for. After our feast we can do some karaoke, you sing I’ll dance, especially since I can now hold the cot railing and pull myself up to my immense height of nearly two feet and then I can do that Beyonce bottom wiggle. Mum and I are so crazy in love..lets sing Mum ‘Your love’s got me looking so crazy right now, Got me hoping that you’ll page me right now…oh yeah”. Mum does look a litte crazy, what with that sleep deprived look she’s got going right now.(2).jpg)
Right it's three in the morning now, okay Mummy dearest what's next on our night of adventure. Sheesh is that Dad snoring or are there a bunch bears camping out in your bedroom. Big Sister toddles in..OH NO she’s going to spoil all the fun Mummy and me are having…go away child go away.. you had Mum all to yourself for the first three years. NOW it’s my turn!!! Anyway Big Sister just needed the potty, she’s collapsed back in her bed now and the night is all ours..hooray. I think we should play with some of those educational toys that you keep getting me.
Hey look smart Mum, no dozing now, it's study time..ooohh those psychedelic patterns are so mesmerising, why do they put them on baby toys. I hear a few snores emitting from Mummy dearest, am I that boring that she falls asleep on our play date. I’m hurt that she finds being together not interesting, to actually fall asleep on me..sheesh, some people. Anyways will have a chat with Teddy instead. As the dawn breaks and the sun creeps through the cracks in my curtains, Teddy and I discuss some local nursery politics, it seems I spend way too much time with rubber ducky than with him. He feels abandoned and left out, I look over at my sleeping mother..yeah Teddy I know how that feels...
Understanding your baby’s sleep needs
During the first 2 months, your newborn's need to eat overrules her need to sleep. She may feed almost every 2 hours if you’re breastfeeding, and possibly a little less often if you bottle-feed.Your baby may sleep from 10 to 18 hours a day, sometimes for 3 to 4 hours at a time.
But babies don’t know the difference between day and night. So they sleep with no regard for what time it is. That means your baby’s wide-awake time may be from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. By 3 to 6 months, many babies are able to sleep for a stretch of 6 hours.
But just as you think your baby is getting into a nice routine -- usually between 6 and 9 months -- normal developmental stages can throw things off. For instance, when your baby begins to associate bedtime with being left alone, she may start crying just to keep you around.
How to establish a bedtime routine
n Play active games during the day and quiet games in the evening. This keeps your baby from getting too excited right before bedtime.
n Keep activities the same and in the same order, night after night.
n Make every activity calm and peaceful, especially toward the end of the routine.
n Save your babys favourite activity for last, and do it in her bedroom. This will help her look forward to bedtime and associate her sleep space with things she likes to do.
n Make nighttime conditions in your baby’s bedroom consistent. If she wakes up in the middle of the night, the sounds and lights in the room should be the same as when she fell asleep.
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