Understand the baby's sleep state: half dreaming and half waking.
Mothers must first have a good attitude and fully understand that the baby's sleep state is half dream and half awake.
In the second month, the baby sleeps 18 hours a day on average, which means that the baby sleeps most of the time except for breastfeeding, changing diapers and waking up for a while. But why do you still feel that the baby is always awake and not sleeping?
This is because the baby's sleep cycle takes about 45 minutes. At this point, they are in a state of alternating light sleep and deep sleep. They often look at it as if they were not asleep. They can hum, jump and even open their eyes. Don't rush to coax the baby at this time. You can observe for a while to see if the baby will wake up and need to feed or change diapers. It is likely that the baby just hummed a few times and fell asleep soon after a few minutes.
Especially at night, try not to disturb your baby's sleep.
Mother should sleep with the baby and form the habit of sleeping in sections.
You can actually make some changes yourself, so that you can have a better sleep in the second month.
You can get into the habit of sleeping with your baby and sleeping in sections together.
As mentioned earlier, the baby's sleep cycle is 45 minutes, while the mother's sleep cycle is 90 minutes. In other words, if you can't have a complete 90-minute sleep cycle for a long time, even if you make up sleep later, the quality of sleep will get worse and worse.
Therefore, don't indulge in brushing your mobile phone and chasing dramas during the day. It is very important to establish the same nap habits as babies, adapt to phased sleep and ensure basic sleep needs.
In addition, during the night11:00 ~12: 00, let the baby eat enough milk and sleep quietly for at least 2 hours, and some even sleep for 3~4 hours, so as to ensure that you have a deep sleep in the second half of the night. Deep sleep is very important for the recovery of mother's physical strength and energy.
Long-term lack of sleep can easily make you depressed or irritable, so you should also know how to invite your family to take care of your baby. After all, raising a baby is the responsibility of the whole family. Especially for husbands, changing diapers at night, coaxing the baby and letting themselves sleep for a while are also effective ways to ensure that they have a high-quality sleep.