{"id":4323,"date":"2021-05-31T12:33:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T09:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog?p=4323"},"modified":"2022-08-30T07:40:22","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T04:40:22","slug":"how-to-make-baby-sleep-without-feeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/how-to-make-baby-sleep-without-feeding","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Baby Sleep Without Feeding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeding or nursing baby to sleep can quickly become a sleep association because it\u2019s a natural way of putting them to sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as baby gets older, it becomes the only way they\u2019ll sleep which can be quite stressful because you will always have to be available to feed baby to sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This also means that if baby wakes up in the middle of their sleep or naps, they will need to be fed in order to be able to go back to sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some ways on how you can make baby sleep without feeding:<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Have a routine in place. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babies need routines in their lives, in order to be able to to learn a habit. It makes sense as they will learn with the repetition. So, for bedtime you should have a series of activities in place that you will repeat every night that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">don\u2019t <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">involve feeding. These activities can include giving them a warm bath, massaging them with some lotion, putting on a fresh diaper, dimming the lights and so on. Make sure to feed them before you start the routine and not during it so they don\u2019t consider it a sleep association.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Make sure baby is not overtired. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babies have to take enough naps during the day depending on how old they are. Keep them up during the day in the hopes that they will fall asleep on their own at night will not work. Having an overtired baby on your hands will resort to you feeding them to calm them down, which is something that we don\u2019t want.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Feed them after they wake up from naps or sleep. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will ensure that they see feeding or nursing as sleep association. Instead they will look at it as a way to start their day. It will also mean they won\u2019t be hungry by their next nap window.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Don\u2019t let them fall asleep on the breast or while they are feeding. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As tempting as it may be, don\u2019t let them fall asleep while they are nursing. If you notice them getting sleepy, unlatch them and then put them to bed. If they get upset, you can re-latch them till they finish, but ensuring that they don\u2019t fall asleep. Repeat this as many times you think necessary to teach them that they can\u2019t fall asleep while feeding.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Use a pacifier. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most babies use feeding as a soothing mechanism in order to sleep. You can replace the bottle or breast with a pacifier when bedtime comes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Monitor their sleep with <a href=\"https:\/\/get.invidyo.com\/?utm_source=blognofeeding&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=blog-nofeeding&amp;utm_id=nofeedingblog\">Invidyo<\/a><\/strong><strong>.&nbsp;<\/strong>Allow your baby to fall asleep on their own. Instead of rushing to them as soon as they wake up, rely on <a href=\"https:\/\/get.invidyo.com\/?utm_source=blognofeeding&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=blog-nofeeding&amp;utm_id=nofeedingblog\">Invidyo<\/a> to be your eyes and ears. The baby cam will help you stay present without actively being in close proximity to your child. This encourages independent sleeping and also helps you determine sources and reasons for waking up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-xlarge fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium fasc-style-bold\" style=\"background-color: #00acc3; color: #ffffff;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/get.invidyo.com\/?utm_source=blognofeeding&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=blog-nofeeding&amp;utm_id=nofeedingblog\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Your FREE Invidyo Baby Cam Today!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feeding or nursing baby to sleep can quickly become a sleep association because it\u2019s a natural way of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4323"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77407,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4323\/revisions\/77407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4323"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/invidyo.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=4323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}