Active and healthy baby is ever parents dream. But how does the idea of being active sound when it is bed-time? And on top of it if you are a first time mother, it is a world war situation. In fact, one of the most common problems that the mothers face is that either their baby drains every single ounce of their energy before it gets to sleep or the wakefulness of baby is really affecting its health and consequently the health of the family.

It is not all that difficult or jaded task to make your baby sleep. Although there are numerous ways to make your baby sleep, there are enormous different opinions as to how to do that. This is because each child is different in itself.

The best way out there is to rely on your intuition and learning that you have Learnt so far with your baby. You only need to understand that a baby is used to the peaceful serenity of its mothers womb, and to adapt to an ambiance other than its mothers womb is a difficult transition for the baby.

To pace up this transition and to improve your child’s adaptability to this new world is to provide him good sleeping habits. You will have to find ways for your child to improve his transition. Once the baby learns this, he would soon fall asleep, without requiring much aid from you.

Babies sleep most of the time when in their mothers womb. So you have to teach them a routine, a time-table of falling asleep and waking up. In fact this technique would help you help him feed or bathe whatever activity it is, in a better manner. Remember you need to be a bit patient because you can’t expect your child to learn that all of a sudden.

Once well planned, the baby would soon adapt to the new time-table that you wish to follow with him. Some of the studies depict that when it comes to sleeping, fathers show better results that mothers. If the father is around the baby, during his bedtime, babies tend to sleep faster and better.

This is because the pitch of male voice is deeper than the mother’s. A dad’s talk, in a soothing and peaceful tone would be best for the kid to soothe him to fall asleep. So the best way is to leave the child in the dad’s lap or on his shoulder, this would nurture the baby and help him sleep faster.

It is also found that when the baby has eaten well and is in good health, he would sleep faster and grow stronger. One of the most common situations where babies sleep faster than parents realize is during a ride.

When mild air flows around the baby, it helps him sleep. This is a very tedious method to make your baby sleep, as it is not practical to keep driving him around till he sleeps, every night. But patience is the key here, once you find that such a technique works on your baby too, you can gradually substitute the moving vehicle by a moving cradle. The important thing to bear in mind is that the time table of falling asleep should be followed.

Remember resting is necessary and sleeping is the most efficient way to rest. Help you baby learn this wonderful secret of rejuvenating and living healthy.