Remedies To Help Your Baby Sleep At Night

There will be times in your baby's very new, young life that you will need to help him to fall asleep, or go back to sleep if he has wakened in the night. It can be disconcerting for new parents when it becomes difficult to settle your baby down for the night. A newborn baby will probably fall asleep most easily if he is rocked, or moved rhythmically. Patting him gently on the back also soothes some babies.

Music is also very soothing to a baby, newborn or a little older. Music from a CD or a tape player can be played at low volume, and this can be very comforting for your baby. White noise such as a fan in the room can also provide a comfortable, constant noise and might cover other louder noises that may be heard in the home. Sudden noises can be jolting, so while baby is sleeping, running the garbage disposal or vacuum cleaners for instance may not be advisable.

An LDS Baby Blessing

Sunday, I attended my sweet little nephew's LDS baby blessing. Of course, the chapel was filled with many extra guests, consisting of visiting family of the newborn, attending that day's sacrament meeting. It was enjoyable to see cousins excitedly squirming to sit next to each other and hardly able to contain themselves.

It so happened that his three other cousins were born right around the same time frame and another blessing had been given earlier that day in a different ward meeting to a little girl who was now present in this sacrament meeting. She was adorned in a crotched white dress with a darling little cap that fit snuggly on her pink head. Her mother toted her around with much adoration and a desire to show her off.