Hi Emma Can you help me with this problem i have been facing with my 2months old . She sleeps through night and i try to give her naps during the day which makes up to at least 16-17 hours a sleep in 24 hours. The most difficult part for me is when i m trying to put her to sleep at night she doesn't fall asleep easily, it takes me around 2 hours and some time more to put her to bed. I dim the lights to the point where i can barely see where i m walking, however she cries even harder when the room is too dark. Plus during the day time she only sleeps in my lap or beside me on the bed. She started doing this one she turned 1. This has made me resign from my job and hardly do my daily chores. I did initially try to put her sleep in her sleep sack but in those 10 days she would sleep only 12-14 hours a day and wake up after 10-15 min and then she was more cranky. Please help me
Hi Maha sounds like sleep is tiring for you both. Have you had time to watch my videos on newborn sleep? One is on what to expect with newborn sleep and the other is on 7 sleep tips. I think these might be helpful. I have found that swaddling babies this young with their arms down by their body makes falling to sleep and staying asleep easier for babies. I was always stressed that if I swaddled with a cloth I wouldn’t do it tight enough so I used the Halo sleeping sack which was great. When babies are swaddled and they fall asleep in your arms they will stay asleep when you put them in a cot because their startle reflex isn’t activated. Maybe worth giving it a try again?
This was ACTUALLY USEFUL and easy to do! I didn't want to click on this video at first, because I thought it was yet another one on "put your baby drowsy but awake" and "set a schedule" bullcr*p. But it was great! Thanks.
Yes! This really helped my baby. He settles within minutes when I go into a dark room. We bought these blinds with my first born. Was a total game changer. We still use it now after 6 years.
I definitely feel this is where I went wrong with my now 14 month old! I never darkened the room during the day when she was a tiny baby. Wish I knew this sooner! Great tip x
Wow this is magical. I just watched this video and took 5 months old baby into a dark room to put her to bed. She slept off in less than 5mins. Thanks Emma for sharing👍
My pediatrician told me during the day to put baby to sleep with light so he can tell the difference between day and night. He is 2 month so he is still very little and he sleeps on me most of the times but i do feel he is sleeping better when its pitch black . He is not going to confuse day and night with this ? Great videos . Thank you so much.
my girl Hannah is not going to confuse day and night don’t Ike her up she feel upset Ashley weeks her up will cry Hannah she sleeps 5 hours the times but feel sleeping better just born from hospital with her sick child when still sick sleeping her bed gets better soon sleep well she sleep with me at night super hungry girl or day feed her at night is fine ❤ she not baby anymore going up bit hungry
Thank you for this tip! This has worked great for us. Are 6 month old girl would only do catnaps for 30 minutes 5 times a day. Since we got these blackout curtains she does at least 1 long nap (1,5 hours) and 2 naps ranging from 30 minutes to an hour a day.
Wow! I never knew about this. So glad that I came across to your channel. I watch your videos religiously. Honestly your tips had chnage my son's routine.
Another way to blackout a room when you travel: black trash bags and tape or aluminum foil. Makes a huge difference and you can get them at any grocery store in any country if you don’t have or forgot to travel with your own blackout blinds.
Interesting. At parenting classes we had at our hospital (where I later gave birth), they specifically said keep it bright and normal sounds during the day, quiet and dark at night, so they learn to distingush during day and nightime.
I think it can go both ways. However, these tips aren't very useful until babies develop their circadian rhythm at 4 months or older (as she stated in the video).
Unfortunately this does not work with my baby ☹️ eh keeps waking up every 15 minutes and then it is EXTREMELY difficult to put him back to sleep. Luckily this happens only for daytime naps, the night sleep is fine🙏 (for now....)
Here in Italy people don't put their babies to sleep in pitch dark rooms and babies sleep just as well/bad as anywhere else. My baby doesn't sleep in a completely dark room and sometimes she's able to connect sleep cycles, sometimes she's not 🤷
Hi Florencia, thanks for your comment. Sounds like you are having some great sleeps with your little one. Over the years I have found for those that are finding sleep difficult and linking sleep cycles at 5/6 months (when they develop this ability and progress past catnapping) then a dark room makes it significantly easier.
oh no, sleep is horrible over here, just wanted to point out it's just a cultural thing I guess, I began obsessing about catnapping and asking everyone about their experience and nobody cared if their baby catnapped, and they never tried to extend naps and stuff, they're more like "oh, well"
I found with my little ones when I accepted catnaps are developmentally normal and to ‘embrace the catnaps’ I was significantly less obsessed with my baby’s sleep. Looks like Italian are a step ahead with embracing the catnaps!
In the UK they recommend that a baby under 6 months sleeps in the same room as an adult present, be it in the day (downstairs) as well as night time (upstairs). So it's a little difficult to have it pitch black during the day to help the sleep cycles...
@@emmj.m.c.1310 my baby had a terrible choking incident at 2 months that ended with us in A&E with him. So it's made me very anxious and even if guidelines didn't recommend it, I would still have him downstairs with me for naps... but with the older children it does get a little noisy during the day and it can disturb him. So I will start getting him used to upstairs from 6 months.
@@ur786.1 hi, I'm sorry for picking my nose, but what was the incident? I'm just a panicky mom, who tries to exclude all the potential risks for my baby
@@yanabanana5086 Hi Yana, no I'm happy to share. My little one has always been a "vomity" baby from birth, spitting up a substantial amount of milk with almost every feed. I think it's important to note because this type of choking is rare. That evening he was a little unsettled so I gave him a spoon of gripe water for the first time about half an hour after his bottle. A few minutes later he began coughing and brought up a mix of milk and mucus. Despite vomiting everywhere (it was a lot!) he was silently choking on more unable to cry or speak or breathe. I tried hard for what seemed like longest time tapping him hard to get him going but nothing worked. When he started turning a funny colour I ran out to my neighbour who called 999. Thankfully he started crying again after a couple of minutes. The medics came and checked him over, recommended we take him to a&e incase of aspiration as he was so tiny at the time. The paediatrician there said this type of extreme choking is rare but can happen. I believe the excess mucus is a result of reflux. But because he has always been a healthy weight I kept being told he will outgrow it. So back to my point in the original post, if he had been asleep when this happened, particularly upstairs away from me it's entirely possible that I wouldn't have even realized. I don't want to freak anyone out, it's a rare occurence but it happens. I couldn't risk it again. I believe the UK guidelines are because of SIDS. If the baby sleeps in the same room (safely) it can reduce the chances. Sorry for the lengthy post!
Thank you sooo much for your advice🥰 my baby had trouble with sleeping during day time, didn’t realize that blindfolds is all I needed😃 love your channel, your videos are very helpful😍
Ur channel is amazing! Thanks for the tips to make the room darker. Our baby knows she is going to sleep when it's dark but needs rocking before putting her in bed. If we lay her awake in the bed she is crying really hard.. how do we fix that she can fall asleep on her own without our help? We see and notice her sleep signals, make it dark, sing a song, put her in bed.. hope u can help us out. Do we need to let her cry? But for how long? My heart breaks everytime we try this. Thank you again! She is 4 months old and it's only during the day - at night and evening she'll go to sleep by her self
Hi Emma very educative video as I m mother of 1 and half month baby. But I saw many videos it says in the day we need to open windows so that baby can differentiate between day and night. Is it correct or not. If possible can you send me link on different types of cries of baby .
Hi @divya garg that has not been my experience. A dark room helps babies settle to sleep quicker and reduce over stimulation. Sorry I don't have a link on different types of cries.
My one worry is that if it’s pitch black in the night I can’t see her. I worry that she’ll shuffle herself into a dangerous position or flip herself over or something. Also when it comes to feed in and changing her if I have to turn a light on she completely wakes up, whereas in dim light that doesn’t change she stays drowsy. Have you got any tips for navigating this?
i have the glowdreaming white noise machine... it advertises to use the red light mode to mimic the womb.. is this incorrect.. should i just have white noise and black out room? i also have trouble getting him to sleep when im out an about so it limits my time out of the house.
Hi Emma! This is actually amazing. Have been doing it with night sleep but never with naps since a friend told my baby might get confused between day and night if I do so. What is your opinion on this?
Hello I have found your channel have a 2 month old baby he wakes up after 3 hours to feed , diapers change then back to sleep watching from Italy 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹😘😘😘😘😘
I cosleep with my baby but I'm not worried about me accidentally being on top of him because I'm a light sleeper. What I'm worried is if i can't see what he is doing, in what position he's in, is he wake up already or not. I don't have extra room for the baby & no video camera
hi Emma! TY for your vids!! 1st time mum here and your videos have been so informative and helpful!! you mentioned blackout curtains in this one, but my daughter's room has blackout curtains and I'm still having trouble getting her to nap all of a sudden. She sleeps through the night, lately not so much, lol (9 mo old), but she has a minor cold and I think she's teething...for which reason I halted the sleep training (cry it out/Ferber method). any further tips? thanks again for these videos!!! I'm gonna go buy the gro anywhere curtains for trips and whatnot right away! your video helped me solidify my decision to get them! thanks AGAIN! 😆
Thanks for your video. I agree with respecting the natural dark and light period (which means no artificial strong lights when it's dark outside for the baby and the mother if she is breasting because her milk will contain the right dosage of melatonin for the baby) BUT I disagree with the black room during the day, because it will precisely disrupt the day/night baby's cycle through the hormonal way. My question : isn't the artificial light at the wrong moment (when it's the night outside) that disrupt the cycle and make it harder during the day? My baby sleep very well during the day with light, I do the same and think it helps my brain not to loose the track of time. Sleep is more difficult for everyone if there are stress, new places, delay in go to sleep when the baby become just a little fussy,... In addition, if we know that mother milk contains melatonin when it's dark, what about feeding breast-pump milk collected at the wrong hour of the day or feeding with synthetic milk (which just contains no melatonin / cortisol at all)? These are leads, I'll be happy to have your scientifical point of view on them.
Not a scientist just a new single dad. I think that you might be putting too much focus on the day and kight or sleep cycles and less focus on sleep quality. We all know that babies (and adults) require a lot of sleep and good quality sleep on order to develop and function properly. So why lower the baby's sleep quality during the day when we know that they asolutelly need it?
Hi Emma, I really enjoy all your channel. Please I have a question. My baby is 5months old but doesn't sleep on her back. She always enjoy sleeping on her tummy. Even when she is fast asleep and you put her to bed on her back, she wakes up immediately. How do I go about this to get her to start sleeping on her back?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Emma! Seems like they dont sell those blinds anymore as cant purchase when clicking the link? Any other recommendations?
Help! My almost 5 month old baby sleeps for several hour long naps at daycare where it's bright. It's dark in her room at home and shes not sleeping at night. How can I get her to sleep?
But my baby gets scared if the room is completely dark.. What do I do? I tried switching off the light after he sleeps, but he woke up crying after 30 minutes.
Thanks @emma for one more great video. I have a question what do you think about Snoo? Does it worth the price? My baby isn’t born yet so I don’t know if he is good sleeper or not. But one of my greatest fears of becoming a parent is that I probably can’t sleep properly for several months or even year.
My son started sleeping much better when we made his room dark and quiet for the night (except for a bed time routine melody and white noise). It wasn't perfect, but significantly better. So I really think that darkness is important. Maybe your daughter would sleep worse if it wasn't for the black out curtain?
At night we do a quick bath change up. Then swaddle if age appropriate. Sometimes I just chest carry till she falls asleep. Although this nap can last for 2-3 hrs which is a hell of a core workout
Got any tips for a baby who refuses to sleep on his back? My son will only sleep on his tummy. He can be in a deep sleep and if you try to lay him on his back, he will wake up and scream until you put him on his tummy
I have these and it's the only way he will nap or sleep at allm however they are still only 20 min long when at night he still wakes up all night long. He's a relfux baby and will only sleep on my chest since birth. I'm so exhausted. How can I transfer a relfux baby to sleeping in his cot?
I have no idea if that is just a coincidence, but I tried this tonight and was astonished with the result. My 16 week old baby hadn't done a good night of sleep for two weeks so I tried turning off the light we keep in our room for late night feedings. He slept for 8 hours !!!
I am based in India. Any links from where can I buy? Also, my 4 month old has suddenly started catnapping. Daytime naps suddenly reduced to 30 mins each. It is becoming too tiring.When will he be able to link sleep cycles?
My baby doesent sleep well at night when I put him in the bed at day time. And when he sleeps 2h’s naps he doesent sleep well at night. He is 6 months old, any tip?
I got black out curtains and they did not make a difference. My baby refuses to nap in her bassinet I have tried everything. She will only nap in the car or in a carrier on me. Any suggestions would be great. I have tried : routines, black out curtains, temperature control in the room, white noise, trying over and over again to put her in the bassinet, soothing before she goes in the bassinet, rocking once she’s in the bassinet.
In Switzerland they advise to not darken too much so baby learns day and night, but I don't find that argument convincing when baby has learnt that after 1-2 month. The sleep quality of my six-month old leaves much to be desired day or night... might try the pitch dark approach, thank you for the suggestion
Same here (from Zurich 😆) I realized my baby was sleepying till 8:30 in the morning when we went in Italy and only because we have pitch black room there!! But here is difficult with the blinds we have! Def will try with the ones show in the video!
What about a 5 months old that doesn't catnap if I hold him (he can sleeps for hours that way) but if I try to put him down he wakes up within 10 minutes? I am trying to teach him to nap alone but it is very difficult! I have also a bright home so I will try to buy the shades you recommend.
Hi Ilaria I would definitely start by darkening the room that you want him to sleep in and considering using a white noise machine. I would say that your little one is using you as a sleep aid which is lovely but it means that he will only sleep in your arms or when being held. I would think about starting a bedtime routine- go into a dark room, put sleeping bag on, sing a song and then place in cot or rock and place in cot. The difficulty with rocking is he is still needing you to get to sleep. You just want to get him use to sleeping in the cot for some naps. And the routine.
You have said in your videos that baby wakes up because they are hungry, diaper needs to be changed, or not tired. My baby wakes when she drops her pacifier. I know it’s not the others bc I have addressed all of them before sleeping. I don’t want to have to keep putting the pacifier in for months.
I had the same problem! I had to hold my baby's paci for him a lot! Its very hard So I looked up how to help your baby keep their paci on their own and this blog called Happiest baby on the Block it says when baby has it in their mouth during the day pull at it and it causes them to suck harder because you are pulling it away and to do that to help them develop how hard to suck to keep it in their mouths. At least for my son it's really helped I don't have to hold it for him now after doing that for a short time
My 9.5m old catnaps during the day or doesn’t sleep at all, she used to be such an amazing sleeper then we hit 9 months and she regressed, big time, and she’s gone back to not wanting to sleep. I’m not sure what I should do right now
Also, when they start to crawl/walk it is a big development change, and their brain needs to process it and sometimes they get overwhelmed and wake up.
Hi Emma! When to stop swaddling babies? My little one is 13 weeks old and I still swaddle her, and tie the 2 ends of the swaddle , as she Break out of the swaddle. Many thanks
as soon as they are able to roll over you should stop, just in case they do in their sleep, they will have their hands free to help themselves if they need to. but still always lay your baby to sleep on their back. first time mum and that's what we were told. hope that helps.
My son’s sleep crutch is his paci and when it falls out of his mouth he wakes between sleep cycles and unless I give him the paci he won’t go back to sleep. What should I do?
Okay please help! My baby wakes up after 30mibs napping crying, and I mean screaming crying! And he does this for anywhere around 5-10mins. After that I can either settle him or he's just up and refuses to go back to sleep. Also because of this I have to hold him while napping. If he wakes up and I'm not there he loses his mind and will not go back to sleep :(
Instead of following a rigid routine at this age I recommend following their natural pattern. Their circadian rhythm is still developing and some will still wake at night for a feed or two. It’s perfectly normal at this age.
Hi Dr Emma, thank you so much for all your videos. So useful and to the point! really appreciated! I have a question, at what month of age I can leave my baby napping/sleeping unsupervised? Thank you
Does this NOT help anyone else? Each time we try to put our 3 month baby to sleep wether it's day or night, we cant go near a dark room without him starting to scream for about half an hour. Not with the feeling it's the darkness itaelf but rather the "we are going to try to put you to sleep" kind of screams.
Do you have any videos on how to stop baby from falling asleep only on the boob? We have a dark room but our 9 month old only falls asleep during the night when she's attached to the boob. Sometimes after the initial feed, I can put her in her cot but she wakes up in 2-3 hours to feed and then doesn't let go and we fall asleep like this and it's frustrating as I'd like to sleep better and not be clinged onto as she's clingy all day long anyway. I would really want to breastfeed one or two times a day until she's well over a year old, our eldest had one night feed until she was 1y 10 mnths old but she was able to sleep through the night and be de-attached from boob no problem. Youngest is a clinger on the boob but doesn't take to a pacifier. Same thing during the day, if I'm not going for a walk with her in a carrier or stroller, it's boob, boob, boob, during the whole nap. Ideally I could do chores while she naps but now I can't even take a bathroom break in peace because she wakes up without boob. Gladly would switch to anything so I could get stuff done around the house.
The kicker is she won't sleep in the baby carrier while we're home so if I go outside with her, she won't be attached to boob but I won't get stuff done either as I'm walking outside instead of doing house chores inside
I know this is irrelevant but my baby 9 months is facing recurrent diahrea. Either throwing up or loose motions. She refuses to eat anything even has quit drinking milk and losing weight. What to do. She is on formula
Hope blackout blinds change your baby's sleep as much as it does for my children!
Hi Emma
Can you help me with this problem i have been facing with my 2months old . She sleeps through night and i try to give her naps during the day which makes up to at least 16-17 hours a sleep in 24 hours. The most difficult part for me is when i m trying to put her to sleep at night she doesn't fall asleep easily, it takes me around 2 hours and some time more to put her to bed. I dim the lights to the point where i can barely see where i m walking, however she cries even harder when the room is too dark. Plus during the day time she only sleeps in my lap or beside me on the bed. She started doing this one she turned 1. This has made me resign from my job and hardly do my daily chores.
I did initially try to put her sleep in her sleep sack but in those 10 days she would sleep only 12-14 hours a day and wake up after 10-15 min and then she was more cranky. Please help me
Hi Maha sounds like sleep is tiring for you both. Have you had time to watch my videos on newborn sleep? One is on what to expect with newborn sleep and the other is on 7 sleep tips. I think these might be helpful. I have found that swaddling babies this young with their arms down by their body makes falling to sleep and staying asleep easier for babies. I was always stressed that if I swaddled with a cloth I wouldn’t do it tight enough so I used the Halo sleeping sack which was great. When babies are swaddled and they fall asleep in your arms they will stay asleep when you put them in a cot because their startle reflex isn’t activated. Maybe worth giving it a try again?
This was ACTUALLY USEFUL and easy to do!
I didn't want to click on this video at first, because I thought it was yet another one on "put your baby drowsy but awake" and "set a schedule" bullcr*p.
But it was great! Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
Yes! This really helped my baby. He settles within minutes when I go into a dark room.
We bought these blinds with my first born. Was a total game changer. We still use it now after 6 years.
I definitely feel this is where I went wrong with my now 14 month old! I never darkened the room during the day when she was a tiny baby. Wish I knew this sooner! Great tip x
I'm glad I found your channel 😊. I tried turning off the lights completely and it worked. He went to sleep in less than 15mins. Thanks a bunch
Wow this is magical. I just watched this video and took 5 months old baby into a dark room to put her to bed. She slept off in less than 5mins. Thanks Emma for sharing👍
@Ezeonu Chommy Your so welcome!! Hoping she had a long nap or sleep for you! Hopefully this will help her start to link her sleep cycles
My pediatrician told me during the day to put baby to sleep with light so he can tell the difference between day and night. He is 2 month so he is still very little and he sleeps on me most of the times but i do feel he is sleeping better when its pitch black . He is not going to confuse day and night with this ? Great videos . Thank you so much.
my girl Hannah is not going to confuse day and night
don’t Ike her up she feel upset Ashley weeks her up will cry
Hannah she sleeps 5 hours the times but feel sleeping better just born from hospital with her sick child
when still sick sleeping her bed gets better soon
sleep well
she sleep with me at night super hungry girl or day feed her at night is fine ❤
she not baby anymore going up bit hungry
Thank you for this tip! This has worked great for us. Are 6 month old girl would only do catnaps for 30 minutes 5 times a day. Since we got these blackout curtains she does at least 1 long nap (1,5 hours) and 2 naps ranging from 30 minutes to an hour a day.
Wow! I never knew about this. So glad that I came across to your channel. I watch your videos religiously. Honestly your tips had chnage my son's routine.
Omg thank you for this information my baby almost 2 month I was having trouble during the day to sleep
The black out blind must be popular as it is currently out of stock - hope they replenish soon as it is a great solution. A life saver!
Your tips is really effective. My baby is almost 4 months old. I wish I learned this sooner.
This is gold! Thank you! Wish I had someone like you when I was a new Mum. I'll definitely recommend this to my expecting niece! :)
Another way to blackout a room when you travel: black trash bags and tape or aluminum foil. Makes a huge difference and you can get them at any grocery store in any country if you don’t have or forgot to travel with your own blackout blinds.
Great tip
Interesting. At parenting classes we had at our hospital (where I later gave birth), they specifically said keep it bright and normal sounds during the day, quiet and dark at night, so they learn to distingush during day and nightime.
I think it can go both ways.
However, these tips aren't very useful until babies develop their circadian rhythm at 4 months or older (as she stated in the video).
Unfortunately this does not work with my baby ☹️ eh keeps waking up every 15 minutes and then it is EXTREMELY difficult to put him back to sleep. Luckily this happens only for daytime naps, the night sleep is fine🙏 (for now....)
sammmmme issue 🤪
Thanks!
Thank you!!
Thank you. It worked on my 5weeks old baby
Here in Italy people don't put their babies to sleep in pitch dark rooms and babies sleep just as well/bad as anywhere else. My baby doesn't sleep in a completely dark room and sometimes she's able to connect sleep cycles, sometimes she's not 🤷
Hi Florencia, thanks for your comment. Sounds like you are having some great sleeps with your little one. Over the years I have found for those that are finding sleep difficult and linking sleep cycles at 5/6 months (when they develop this ability and progress past catnapping) then a dark room makes it significantly easier.
oh no, sleep is horrible over here, just wanted to point out it's just a cultural thing I guess, I began obsessing about catnapping and asking everyone about their experience and nobody cared if their baby catnapped, and they never tried to extend naps and stuff, they're more like "oh, well"
I found with my little ones when I accepted catnaps are developmentally normal and to ‘embrace the catnaps’ I was significantly less obsessed with my baby’s sleep. Looks like Italian are a step ahead with embracing the catnaps!
It is a cultural thing...we don't have schedules , dark rooms or even nurseries...kids co sleep ...they nap and sleep when they want to
In the UK they recommend that a baby under 6 months sleeps in the same room as an adult present, be it in the day (downstairs) as well as night time (upstairs). So it's a little difficult to have it pitch black during the day to help the sleep cycles...
@@emmj.m.c.1310 my baby had a terrible choking incident at 2 months that ended with us in A&E with him. So it's made me very anxious and even if guidelines didn't recommend it, I would still have him downstairs with me for naps... but with the older children it does get a little noisy during the day and it can disturb him. So I will start getting him used to upstairs from 6 months.
@@ur786.1 hi, I'm sorry for picking my nose, but what was the incident? I'm just a panicky mom, who tries to exclude all the potential risks for my baby
@@yanabanana5086 Hi Yana, no I'm happy to share. My little one has always been a "vomity" baby from birth, spitting up a substantial amount of milk with almost every feed. I think it's important to note because this type of choking is rare.
That evening he was a little unsettled so I gave him a spoon of gripe water for the first time about half an hour after his bottle. A few minutes later he began coughing and brought up a mix of milk and mucus. Despite vomiting everywhere (it was a lot!) he was silently choking on more unable to cry or speak or breathe. I tried hard for what seemed like longest time tapping him hard to get him going but nothing worked. When he started turning a funny colour I ran out to my neighbour who called 999. Thankfully he started crying again after a couple of minutes. The medics came and checked him over, recommended we take him to a&e incase of aspiration as he was so tiny at the time. The paediatrician there said this type of extreme choking is rare but can happen. I believe the excess mucus is a result of reflux. But because he has always been a healthy weight I kept being told he will outgrow it. So back to my point in the original post, if he had been asleep when this happened, particularly upstairs away from me it's entirely possible that I wouldn't have even realized. I don't want to freak anyone out, it's a rare occurence but it happens. I couldn't risk it again.
I believe the UK guidelines are because of SIDS. If the baby sleeps in the same room (safely) it can reduce the chances. Sorry for the lengthy post!
@@ur786.1 thank you for sharing! I hope your baby is all good now!
Thank you sooo much for your advice🥰 my baby had trouble with sleeping during day time, didn’t realize that blindfolds is all I needed😃 love your channel, your videos are very helpful😍
You are so welcome!
Ur channel is amazing! Thanks for the tips to make the room darker. Our baby knows she is going to sleep when it's dark but needs rocking before putting her in bed. If we lay her awake in the bed she is crying really hard.. how do we fix that she can fall asleep on her own without our help? We see and notice her sleep signals, make it dark, sing a song, put her in bed.. hope u can help us out. Do we need to let her cry? But for how long? My heart breaks everytime we try this. Thank you again! She is 4 months old and it's only during the day - at night and evening she'll go to sleep by her self
And..how do you glance over to see if baby is still breathing if you can't see?
Baby monitor ☺️
Hi Emma very educative video as I m mother of 1 and half month baby. But I saw many videos it says in the day we need to open windows so that baby can differentiate between day and night. Is it correct or not. If possible can you send me link on different types of cries of baby .
Hi @divya garg that has not been my experience. A dark room helps babies settle to sleep quicker and reduce over stimulation.
Sorry I don't have a link on different types of cries.
Yes. I heard the same thing.
My nine months old babies still wakes up in the middle of the night to eat between 1 - 5am
My one worry is that if it’s pitch black in the night I can’t see her. I worry that she’ll shuffle herself into a dangerous position or flip herself over or something.
Also when it comes to feed in and changing her if I have to turn a light on she completely wakes up, whereas in dim light that doesn’t change she stays drowsy. Have you got any tips for navigating this?
i have the glowdreaming white noise machine... it advertises to use the red light mode to mimic the womb.. is this incorrect.. should i just have white noise and black out room? i also have trouble getting him to sleep when im out an about so it limits my time out of the house.
Hi Emma! This is actually amazing. Have been doing it with night sleep but never with naps since a friend told my baby might get confused between day and night if I do so. What is your opinion on this?
Hello I have found your channel have a 2 month old baby he wakes up after 3 hours to feed , diapers change then back to sleep watching from Italy 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹😘😘😘😘😘
Welcome @esther Joseph!!!
You always have amazing tips! This is excellent !!!
Thanks so much!
all great and peachy if you actually have a dedicated baby room.
my tiny apartment, with me working from home, i laughing at me now.
I cosleep with my baby but I'm not worried about me accidentally being on top of him because I'm a light sleeper. What I'm worried is if i can't see what he is doing, in what position he's in, is he wake up already or not. I don't have extra room for the baby & no video camera
Our new house already has black out blinds in the nursery
hi Emma! TY for your vids!! 1st time mum here and your videos have been so informative and helpful!! you mentioned blackout curtains in this one, but my daughter's room has blackout curtains and I'm still having trouble getting her to nap all of a sudden. She sleeps through the night, lately not so much, lol (9 mo old), but she has a minor cold and I think she's teething...for which reason I halted the sleep training (cry it out/Ferber method). any further tips? thanks again for these videos!!! I'm gonna go buy the gro anywhere curtains for trips and whatnot right away! your video helped me solidify my decision to get them! thanks AGAIN! 😆
Your videos are super helpful thank you!!
Glad you think so!
How do you ensure it doesn’t get too warm especially in the summer
Thanks for your video. I agree with respecting the natural dark and light period (which means no artificial strong lights when it's dark outside for the baby and the mother if she is breasting because her milk will contain the right dosage of melatonin for the baby) BUT I disagree with the black room during the day, because it will precisely disrupt the day/night baby's cycle through the hormonal way. My question : isn't the artificial light at the wrong moment (when it's the night outside) that disrupt the cycle and make it harder during the day? My baby sleep very well during the day with light, I do the same and think it helps my brain not to loose the track of time. Sleep is more difficult for everyone if there are stress, new places, delay in go to sleep when the baby become just a little fussy,... In addition, if we know that mother milk contains melatonin when it's dark, what about feeding breast-pump milk collected at the wrong hour of the day or feeding with synthetic milk (which just contains no melatonin / cortisol at all)? These are leads, I'll be happy to have your scientifical point of view on them.
Not a scientist just a new single dad. I think that you might be putting too much focus on the day and kight or sleep cycles and less focus on sleep quality. We all know that babies (and adults) require a lot of sleep and good quality sleep on order to develop and function properly. So why lower the baby's sleep quality during the day when we know that they asolutelly need it?
My baby girl will not sleep in dark room. She will keep crying. She will fall asleep in 10 minutes with light on.
Interesting - so good you worked out what your little one likes best.
Hi Emma, I really enjoy all your channel. Please I have a question. My baby is 5months old but doesn't sleep on her back. She always enjoy sleeping on her tummy. Even when she is fast asleep and you put her to bed on her back, she wakes up immediately. How do I go about this to get her to start sleeping on her back?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge Emma! Seems like they dont sell those blinds anymore as cant purchase when clicking the link? Any other recommendations?
my baby Ashley fall asleep and weeks her up start crying
the voice at night
she sleeps 9 hours ❤
I have had these blackout blinds on a saved wishlist for months and now I may just actually have to buy them sooner!
Honestly blackout blinds are a life saver. I take mine everywhere.
Thank you!
Happy to help.
Help! My almost 5 month old baby sleeps for several hour long naps at daycare where it's bright. It's dark in her room at home and shes not sleeping at night. How can I get her to sleep?
But my baby gets scared if the room is completely dark.. What do I do? I tried switching off the light after he sleeps, but he woke up crying after 30 minutes.
Thanks @emma for one more great video. I have a question what do you think about Snoo? Does it worth the price? My baby isn’t born yet so I don’t know if he is good sleeper or not. But one of my greatest fears of becoming a parent is that I probably can’t sleep properly for several months or even year.
I am sorry but my daughter has black out blinds doesn’t make a difference. In fact taking her daughter out for a walk in the fresh air works a treat.
My son started sleeping much better when we made his room dark and quiet for the night (except for a bed time routine melody and white noise). It wasn't perfect, but significantly better.
So I really think that darkness is important. Maybe your daughter would sleep worse if it wasn't for the black out curtain?
At night we do a quick bath change up. Then swaddle if age appropriate. Sometimes I just chest carry till she falls asleep. Although this nap can last for 2-3 hrs which is a hell of a core workout
My 5 month baby doesn’t want to sleep in the crib! Is it okay to let her cry till she falls asleep? And how long do I let her cry?
Got any tips for a baby who refuses to sleep on his back? My son will only sleep on his tummy. He can be in a deep sleep and if you try to lay him on his back, he will wake up and scream until you put him on his tummy
Hi Emma, Thanks for your video, my son is 5 months old and he is always afraid of the dark ...so I always have a night light on, so what should I do ?
My baby start crying if room is pitch black. What to do
I have these and it's the only way he will nap or sleep at allm however they are still only 20 min long when at night he still wakes up all night long. He's a relfux baby and will only sleep on my chest since birth. I'm so exhausted. How can I transfer a relfux baby to sleeping in his cot?
I have no idea if that is just a coincidence, but I tried this tonight and was astonished with the result. My 16 week old baby hadn't done a good night of sleep for two weeks so I tried turning off the light we keep in our room for late night feedings. He slept for 8 hours !!!
Hoping it is not a coincidence and more great sleeps!
I am based in India. Any links from where can I buy?
Also, my 4 month old has suddenly started catnapping. Daytime naps suddenly reduced to 30 mins each.
It is becoming too tiring.When will he be able to link sleep cycles?
My baby doesent sleep well at night when I put him in the bed at day time. And when he sleeps 2h’s naps he doesent sleep well at night. He is 6 months old, any tip?
I got black out curtains and they did not make a difference. My baby refuses to nap in her bassinet I have tried everything. She will only nap in the car or in a carrier on me. Any suggestions would be great. I have tried : routines, black out curtains, temperature control in the room, white noise, trying over and over again to put her in the bassinet, soothing before she goes in the bassinet, rocking once she’s in the bassinet.
How can we see the babys face if the room is pitch black ?
In Switzerland they advise to not darken too much so baby learns day and night, but I don't find that argument convincing when baby has learnt that after 1-2 month. The sleep quality of my six-month old leaves much to be desired day or night... might try the pitch dark approach, thank you for the suggestion
I hope the dark room helps with your little ones sleep.
Same here (from Zurich 😆) I realized my baby was sleepying till 8:30 in the morning when we went in Italy and only because we have pitch black room there!! But here is difficult with the blinds we have! Def will try with the ones show in the video!
Hope these ones or blinds like this help.
If my baby sleeps anytime anywhere light or dark I let it be I don’t really care lol as long as sleep is involved
What about a 5 months old that doesn't catnap if I hold him (he can sleeps for hours that way) but if I try to put him down he wakes up within 10 minutes? I am trying to teach him to nap alone but it is very difficult!
I have also a bright home so I will try to buy the shades you recommend.
Hi Ilaria I would definitely start by darkening the room that you want him to sleep in and considering using a white noise machine. I would say that your little one is using you as a sleep aid which is lovely but it means that he will only sleep in your arms or when being held. I would think about starting a bedtime routine- go into a dark room, put sleeping bag on, sing a song and then place in cot or rock and place in cot. The difficulty with rocking is he is still needing you to get to sleep. You just want to get him use to sleeping in the cot for some naps. And the routine.
@@EmmaHubbard thank you! I will try with a routine! It is so weird because during the night he sleeps alone!
@@ilariatc1240 night sleep is usually a lot easier because you have got the sleep hormones in your side (inner body clock).
You have said in your videos that baby wakes up because they are hungry, diaper needs to be changed, or not tired. My baby wakes when she drops her pacifier. I know it’s not the others bc I have addressed all of them before sleeping. I don’t want to have to keep putting the pacifier in for months.
I had the same problem! I had to hold my baby's paci for him a lot! Its very hard
So I looked up how to help your baby keep their paci on their own and this blog called Happiest baby on the Block it says when baby has it in their mouth during the day pull at it and it causes them to suck harder because you are pulling it away and to do that to help them develop how hard to suck to keep it in their mouths. At least for my son it's really helped I don't have to hold it for him now after doing that for a short time
@@steebies6990 I actually started doing that without anyone telling me just hoping. I’m going to do it more often. Thank you.
My baby easily sleep at daytime but night she is not able to sleep properly ...i tried and tired ..
Is it advicible to use night star light?
Hey! Can anyone tell me how to handle situation when baby cries to much, when she overtired?
My 9.5m old catnaps during the day or doesn’t sleep at all, she used to be such an amazing sleeper then we hit 9 months and she regressed, big time, and she’s gone back to not wanting to sleep. I’m not sure what I should do right now
I'm having the same issue!
Probably teething. This is what happened when our baby turned 6 months. They start regressing unfortunately, but it gets better.
Also, when they start to crawl/walk it is a big development change, and their brain needs to process it and sometimes they get overwhelmed and wake up.
Hi Emma! When to stop swaddling babies? My little one is 13 weeks old and I still swaddle her, and tie the 2 ends of the swaddle , as she Break out of the swaddle. Many thanks
Try a sleep sack so much safer than tying the ends together
@@rjcjme thanks a lot Julie , I will definitely stop tieing the two ends of swaddle wrap and move to using sleep sack.
as soon as they are able to roll over you should stop, just in case they do in their sleep, they will have their hands free to help themselves if they need to. but still always lay your baby to sleep on their back. first time mum and that's what we were told. hope that helps.
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My son’s sleep crutch is his paci and when it falls out of his mouth he wakes between sleep cycles and unless I give him the paci he won’t go back to sleep. What should I do?
in the netherland dont put thier babies to sleep in pitch dark room to sleep. are son sleep really good white light room he have its on sleep cycles
Okay please help!
My baby wakes up after 30mibs napping crying, and I mean screaming crying! And he does this for anywhere around 5-10mins. After that I can either settle him or he's just up and refuses to go back to sleep.
Also because of this I have to hold him while napping. If he wakes up and I'm not there he loses his mind and will not go back to sleep :(
Oh, this sounds difficult. I hope you get support. You got this mama. I know it feels awful but take one day at a time and know that it will pass.
Ur not alone
I have almost 4 months old baby so is it really advisable to have sleeping time routine?
Instead of following a rigid routine at this age I recommend following their natural pattern. Their circadian rhythm is still developing and some will still wake at night for a feed or two. It’s perfectly normal at this age.
@@EmmaHubbard wow. Thank you very much Maam for your reply. Just someone told me to but I am doing what you are recommending right now. ☺️
Hi Dr Emma, thank you so much for all your videos. So useful and to the point! really appreciated! I have a question, at what month of age I can leave my baby napping/sleeping unsupervised? Thank you
If they are in a safe space like a crib with no toys or blankets, you can do this from birth.
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Does this NOT help anyone else? Each time we try to put our 3 month baby to sleep wether it's day or night, we cant go near a dark room without him starting to scream for about half an hour. Not with the feeling it's the darkness itaelf but rather the "we are going to try to put you to sleep" kind of screams.
Same ugh. Try chest carrier during daytime. Painful after an hour but it worked
Do you have any videos on how to stop baby from falling asleep only on the boob? We have a dark room but our 9 month old only falls asleep during the night when she's attached to the boob. Sometimes after the initial feed, I can put her in her cot but she wakes up in 2-3 hours to feed and then doesn't let go and we fall asleep like this and it's frustrating as I'd like to sleep better and not be clinged onto as she's clingy all day long anyway. I would really want to breastfeed one or two times a day until she's well over a year old, our eldest had one night feed until she was 1y 10 mnths old but she was able to sleep through the night and be de-attached from boob no problem. Youngest is a clinger on the boob but doesn't take to a pacifier. Same thing during the day, if I'm not going for a walk with her in a carrier or stroller, it's boob, boob, boob, during the whole nap. Ideally I could do chores while she naps but now I can't even take a bathroom break in peace because she wakes up without boob. Gladly would switch to anything so I could get stuff done around the house.
The kicker is she won't sleep in the baby carrier while we're home so if I go outside with her, she won't be attached to boob but I won't get stuff done either as I'm walking outside instead of doing house chores inside
I know this is irrelevant but my baby 9 months is facing recurrent diahrea. Either throwing up or loose motions. She refuses to eat anything even has quit drinking milk and losing weight. What to do. She is on formula
Ask your pediatrician
Yup doctor time
Or u can just cover ur babies eyes when its nap time :)