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How to get better sleep for your baby: newborns

This film is for parents and families of newborn babies and looks at sleep in those first few weeks and months. Newborn babies developmentally are not able to sleep for long periods without feeding as their stomachs and bodies are growing and need regular calories. They also sleep in cycles and typically wake as they enter a lighter sleep phase.

4-week-old Conall wakes in the night for regular feeding. Routines are yet to become a helpful parenting tool for his sleep. But what’s normal and how can you start to establish healthy habits?

All babies are different and need different types of soothing. Some children wake more naturally and with more energy than others. Togetherness Psychologist and trained Health Visitor talk about the importance of tuning into your baby to learn about their individual needs and to reassure and comfort them so they can learn good sleep habits.

Sleep is important for our physical and mental wellbeing and we know that from birth, sleep is fundamental for healthy brain development. While sleep is a natural instinct, it’s also a skill we develop: learning how to wind down and how much sleep we need.

New resources created by psychologists and health visitors are now available at www.togetherness.co.uk/sleep to promote connected relationships between parents and infants to help children to learn and thrive as they grow.

Other useful films in this series include:

My baby isn't sleeping through the night:    • My baby isn't sleeping through the night  
My toddler won't stay in their bed:    • My toddler won’t stay in their bed  
My child wakes regularly in the night:    • My child wakes regularly in the night  
My child is having nightmares or night terrors:    • My child is having nightmares or night ter...  
Breastfeeding and sleep:    • Breastfeeding and sleep