Top 10 Reasons Why Your Baby Won’t Sleep

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Sleepless nights with your baby can threaten to rob you of the greatfulness you feel to have a wee one in your care. The truth is, if mom and dad are not getting enough sleep on a regular basis, they are going to be cranky and this will effect a few things in daily life.

There are numberous reasons why your baby won’t sleep, understanding this is key to finding a way to work around or even solve your sleepless nights.

Reasons why your Baby won’t sleep:

1. Lack of or no routine or change up in routine (for example visitors staying in the house, holidays, moving house, starting childcare or a new environment …)
2. Ignoring tired signs
3. Over or under stimulated with people or activities
4. Personality needs: Insecure and in need of contact and reassurance or fear of separation or just plain a snuggly little person
5. Immunizations
6. Hungry or Over fed
7. Just before achieving a new milestone like teething, learning to roll over, crawling…
8. Sleep associations such as rocking, pacifyer/dummy dependent
9. Health related issues: allergy and intolerance to substances or foods (direct or via breast milk), unwell or after an illness
10. Family situations – tensions picked up or a single parent craving a child’s company

One more often overlooked cause for infant sleep difficulties:  Weather conditions — Cold/windy/hot/full moon

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Checking this list may very well help you to discover what actually is hindering your baby from getting a peaceful night’s sleep. You might be surprised to discover that an elementary need can be accomodated and attended to, offering your baby just the missing ingredient to allow you all to have a peaceful night.

Understanding why your baby won’t sleep is a huge step in the right direction and once you have pinpointed the reason, you may work on eliminating this distractions/problems and move on to a good night’s rest.

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