The first two weeks of your baby's life are the most stressful for you as a parent. Joel is our firstborn (we plan on at least one more) and the first two weeks have been an absolute blur.
One of the main reasons of this stress is his sleeping pattern. A newborn baby has absolutely no clue of day and night, and doesn't go to sleep when you want them to. Unfortunately, it seems very normal that babies will battle to go to sleep at some point, especially in their first two weeks as they get used to adjusting to the regular human cycle of night and day.
If you, like us, find yourself Googling "how to make your new newborn fall asleep" at 3am because your brand new bundle of joy just won't fall asleep, here's what we found to work...
This what we tried and seemed to work with some effect in the first two to three weeks. In the fourth week Joel started to find his rhythm of night and day and found survivable pattern.
One of the main reasons of this stress is his sleeping pattern. A newborn baby has absolutely no clue of day and night, and doesn't go to sleep when you want them to. Unfortunately, it seems very normal that babies will battle to go to sleep at some point, especially in their first two weeks as they get used to adjusting to the regular human cycle of night and day.
If you, like us, find yourself Googling "how to make your new newborn fall asleep" at 3am because your brand new bundle of joy just won't fall asleep, here's what we found to work...
- Lay your baby down in a stroller, preferably on their tummy, making sure the stroller is flat like a bed.
- Rock the stroller back and forth.
- Play some soft music, in our case as Christians, some soft worship music worked well.
- Play "White noise". In the first few weeks we found this to work. It somehow soothes the baby and makes them feel at peace.
- The sound of rushing water or the effect of a heartbeat is also soothing to a baby.
This what we tried and seemed to work with some effect in the first two to three weeks. In the fourth week Joel started to find his rhythm of night and day and found survivable pattern.
