{"id":733,"date":"2022-11-13T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mommyinstinct.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2022-11-13T21:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T21:55:05","slug":"newborn-day-night-confusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mommyinstinct.com\/newborn-day-night-confusion\/","title":{"rendered":"4 must-do things to fix your newborn day\/ night confusion fast"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are many changes that parents need to adapt when their little babies come to the world. One of the most frustrating and tiring changes that almost all parents deal with, is their sleep.<\/p>\n
Not only their newborn baby wakes up every 2 hours during the night, those little a-holes even stay up for hours before falling back to sleep again, leaving two desperate parents behind. Then the next day, when the sun shines and everything is so bright, they spend much of the day snoozing<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sometimes you even wonder, is my baby a vampire?<\/p>\n Rest assured, he is not a vampire. Unless you have a vampire gene run in the family, hmm.<\/p>\n Actually, most newborns have day\/ night confusion. And good news for parents is that you can fix your newborn day\/ night confusion.<\/p>\n In this article, we will find out how to get your newborn to sleep at night<\/a> instead of day.<\/p>\n The human body has a special internal clock, which controls sleep patterns. <\/p>\n When you are pregnant, your movement lulls the baby to sleep<\/a>. By contrast, when you lie down to rest, your baby often wakes up. This time, he completely depends on your movements and hormone to know when to sleep and when to wake up. <\/p>\n In fact, he is kinda used to sleeping during the day time and waking at night time.<\/p>\n When your baby is born, he has to rely on his own internal clock to tell him when it is time to be awake and when it is time to sleep. And guess what? His internal clock is not even close to being developed yet! <\/p>\n This is another reason why he may be wide awake in the middle of the night, and sleeping soundly in the middle of the afternoon.<\/p>\n I recommend you to read this book on creating a routine for your baby<\/a>. Generally, a newborn baby will follow EASY 3. All the tips here are made for babies<\/a> who are following EASY 3.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a quick explanation for EASY 3.<\/p>\n E- Eat: your baby eats<\/p>\n A- Activity: you do some activities for your baby<\/p>\n S- Sleep: after activities, your baby goes to sleep<\/a><\/p>\n Y- Your time: when your baby sleeps, you have your own time.<\/p>\n 3- from the start of this feeding (Eat) to the next feeding (next Eat) is 3 hours. <\/p>\n For newborn babies who follow EASY 3<\/a>, do not let your baby sleep more than 2.5 hours during the day. Ideal nap time is 2 hours every nap. <\/p>\n If your baby sleeps too long during the day, that nap will steal the sleeping<\/a> time at night.<\/p>\n Your baby won\u2019t get tired if you wake him up after a 2 hours nap. The main purpose of a daytime nap is letting your baby rest throughout the day, and for a bigger purpose: he can sleep longer at night.<\/p>\n Activity time between each EASY 3<\/a> circle has to be long enough, at least 45-50 minutes. If your newborn goes back to sleep too quickly after he wakes up, for his internal clock, he is continuing his previous nap to create a longer sleep. This is the main reason for newborn day\/night confusion.<\/p>\n If possible, keep your newborn up long enough between naps.<\/p>\n During this activity time, you can do many things with your newborn: feeding, washing, cleaning, changing and tummy time<\/a>. Don\u2019t get stressed out about that 45-50 minutes, the time actually runs fast when you follow all the steps!<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n With your newborn baby, you don\u2019t have to turn off all the lights so that he can tell it is night time. Instead, you should use a nightlight so that you can see him and change his diaper<\/a> during the night.<\/p>\nWhy does your newborn have day\/night confusion?<\/h2>\n
4 must-do things to fix your newborn day\/night confusion<\/h2>\n
Practice a good routine for your newborn<\/h3>\n
Watch out the nap time<\/h3>\n
Make sure the activity time is long enough<\/h3>\n
Light and social interactions<\/h3>\n