Your Baby Is Sleeping Longer at Night

You can start putting your baby to bed while he is still awake. Remember to put him to sleep on his back. Let him go to sleep on his own, alone. When he awakens during the night, he sometimes may go back to sleep on his own. This is much easier on the parents!

Every baby will have a different sleep pattern. By now, most babies are in a routine. At three months, a baby naps about five hours during the day. He sleeps longer at night. He may wake up at night to be fed. You don’t have to wake your baby for feedings at night. If your baby sleeps through the night, he will feed more often during the day.

Some babies begin sleeping through the night at a few months of age. Others don’t sleep through the night until they are one or two years old or even older. Has your baby been sleeping in the same room with you? This is a good age to move him into another room, if possible.

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