1. 100 ideas for sleep deprivation caused by baby
Keep baby as active and alert as possible in the daytime,in other words,build up the sleeping
pressure.
More outdoor activities.
1. Carry baby to playgound to listen to the sounds the children are making.
2. Carry baby to listen to chlidren reciting.
3. Carry baby to a garden to smell the flowers
4. Carry baby to the wild field.
5. Carry baby to a zoo
6. Listen to birds sing.
7. Listen to wind blow.
8. Listen to water flow.
9. Listen to other babies’ cry.
10. Expose her to some sunlight.
Stimulate her senses at home.
11. Listen to some opra.
12. Listen to some classical music.
13. Listen to some sweet pop songs.
14. Listen to some radio broadcast.
15. Play a music instrument to her.
16. Talk to her gentely..
17. Tell stories to her.
18. Let baby listen to your conversation with others.
19. Sing to her.
20. Read a book to her.
21. Record and replay to her.
22. Make her smell and touch the fruits.
23. Make her smell the food you cook for dinner.
24. Make her touch sand,silk,glass,etc.
25. Communicate with her as much as you can.
Make her exercise.
26. Make her swim.
27. Tease her to make her chuckle.
28. Let her cry a little as some kind of moderate exercise.
29. Give her a pacifier to exercise the mouth muscles.
30. Croon lullabies to her.
31. Give her a warm bath.
32. Massage her.
33. Move her softly.
Separate her from you at night.
34. Hire a babysitter.
35. Ask your parents to help.
36. Buy a smart caddle.When baby cries,it will work automatically.
2. 37. Record the lullaby you crooned and replay it to baby.
38. Breastfeed her on set time.
39. Keep babyroom quite.
40. But not absolutely quite.
41. Keep fresh air flow.
42. Buy a household oxygen generator and use it.
43. Put some fruit in the babyroom..
44. Keep babyroom dark at night.
45. Paint the wall the soothing color.
46. Bring her to the babyroom only at night.
Make her feel comfortable and safe like Mother beside.
47. Make a tiny bed like a bird’s nest.
48. Make a tiny bed like a boat and place on the water.
49. Make a tiny bed like a cocoon.
50. Make a tiny bed like a tent.
51. Make a baby hammock like a swing.
52. Build the babyroom like a cave.
53. Use Mother’s clothes as the blanket as if Mother cuddled her.
54. Build the total babyroom like a caddle.
55. Build a caddle like a roly-poly.
56. Build a basket bed and hang it in the air.When baby cries and kicks,it will accordingly swing
slowly and softly.
57. Build a smart caddle which can move smoothly to you without the neccesity of getting up.
What you should do before and during sleep interruptions.
58. Do some yoga exercises.
59. Do some meditation before sleep.
60. Remind yourself to relax.
61. Smile.If it is hard,force yourself.
62. Breath deeply before you go.
63. Don’t hurry.Take it easy.
64. Tell yourself your baby is the best gift you ever get.
65. Imagine what you will tell her when she grows up.
66. Keep calm.
67. Don’t turn on the lamp.Make your baby accustomed with darkness and short the time you fall
asleep again.
68. Open just one eye when you have to get up to handle your baby.
69. Adopt the baby’s sleeping pattern.
70. Take any chance to rest in the daytime.
71. Eat some chocolate to help you keep energetic.
72. Eat some nut.
73. Chew gum to relieve.
74. Nap at afternoon.
75. Don’t drink coffee before you sleep.
76. Pay attention to what you eat.
3. 77. Have some red wine in lunch.
Do what you do to your baby in the daytime to yourself.
78. Swim.
79. Stretch.
80. Laugh a lot.
81. Talk to yourself and cheer up.
82. Tell stories to yourself.
83. Sing alone.
84. Dance alone or with your mate.
85. Listen to music.
86. Have a warm bath.
87. Massage each other with your mate.
88. Call your friends to talk about your baby.
89. Join the parent community to share the experience.
90. Make your bed comfortable.
91. Keep yourself away from bedroom in the daytime.
92. Prolong the night time by keeping your bedroom as dark as possible.
93. Set your clock back an hour.
94. Wake up baby at the same time everyday.
95. Record Mother’s heartbeat and replay to baby.
96. Cry like a baby and mock at yourself.
97. Record when she cries and replay to her.
98. Record when she chuckles and replay to her.
Other ideas.
99. Move to a Northern European country in winter.
100. Move back to a Southern American country in summer.
Submitted by Team creACTive.