Health Tip: Help Baby Develop Healthy Sleep Habits
(HealthDay News) -- It's never too early to teach infants sleep habits that will help prepare them for a lifetime of healthy sleep.
The National Sleep Foundation offers these guidelines:
Look for baby's natural sleep patterns and when he or she starts to get sleepy.
Place baby in the crib sleepy, but not asleep.
Create a consistent daytime and nighttime sleep schedule, and a soothing bedtime routine.
Make sure the environment is dark, cool, and otherwise conducive to sleep.
Teach baby to fall asleep on his or her own and to self-soothe to sleep.
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