Did you know that babies as young as 8 weeks old can recognize a routine and what it means? This is why it's important to use a routine at bedtime and naptime to signal to their little bodies that it's time to go to sleep! Routines help all of us prepare for what activity is coming next and are great cues for sleep.
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We talk all the time about babies waiting in the crib until it's time to get up but, how do you make that happen? At Sleep Baby, we think about sleep skills like a pyramid - each ones builds on the one before. At the top of the pyramid is ‘Waking up Calmly.’ This skill comes after baby learns to self soothe and connect sleep cycles but also supports them continuing to sleep well, even when there are disruptions. When your baby can wait calmly in their crib after they take a short nap or wake early, their body is still getting rest and, if they need it, they are able to let their body take over and lull them back to sleep. What a dream!
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Why do babies need to put themselves to sleep? The ability to self soothe is the foundational sleep skill that sets your baby up for success with all of their other sleep "tasks." Just like babies crawl, then walk, then run, they start with putting themselves to sleep at the beginning of a nap or nighttime and that impacts the rest of their sleep.
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