How to Get Your Baby to Sleep at Their Grandparents’ House
Getting your baby to sleep in an unfamiliar place can be a challenge. If you are lucky, you can bring their bedside bassinet with you, but sometimes that isn’t practical. Which room will your baby sleep in? What should you bring with you? The following tips will help you get your little one to fall asleep at their grandparents’ house, or anywhere else they are not used to sleeping.
Tire Your Baby Out
One of the best ways to get your baby to sleep is to tire them out. Make sure they are active. Have them play with toys with their grandparents, or any pets they might have. However, you do not want to over stimulate or have your baby become overly tired, as both will make it harder to fall asleep. An overtired baby would much rather scream and tell you how tired they are than actually fall asleep. In short, try to tire them out, and when they are starting to rub their eyes and yawn, it’s time to put them in a bassinet that vibrates to help soothe them to sleep.
Stick to Your Routine
Stick to your usual bedtime routine as much as possible. If you normally give your baby a bath, then get them changed, feed them, read books, and put them in a bassinet or crib, keep to that routine. Don’t forget to bring some of their favorite bedtime books with you, or keep some at the grandparents’ house as special bedtime stories. Maintaining a consistent bedtime routine from home to an unfamiliar place will help your baby realize it is time for sleep. Remember, babies are creatures of habit.
Keep the Room Dark
Try to set the mood for your baby by keeping the room dark. Babies are often used to sleeping in the dark, so drawing the curtains and using your bedtime voice while slowing down activities will help set the mood for your baby to want to go to sleep. Dark rooms also help release melatonin, which naturally makes your baby want to sleep. You may not have the blackout curtains you might have at home, but improvising with towels or sheets can go a long way toward making your baby want to sleep.
Use White Noise
White noise can help a baby fall asleep as it carries a positive sleep association. However, the main reason to bring a white noise machine is that it blocks out unfamiliar sounds, which might catch your baby’s attention and stop them from falling asleep.
Bring a Monitor
It can be very helpful to bring a monitor with you. While an audio monitor will help you hear your baby, especially if you are in another part of your parents’ house, a video monitor can help give you peace of mind that they are sleeping soundly. This is especially true if your baby is sleeping in another room than you due to necessity.
About HALO® Sleep
HALO® Sleep, one of the most well-known and trusted brands for high-quality infant sleep solutions and products, makes it a goal to educate parents, equipping them with the necessary tools to help ensure their infants sleep safely and soundly. They continuously work to innovate safe, comfortable products for infants and toddlers, such as a twin bassinet that keeps twins close and a bassinet that vibrates and keeps your baby close to your bed. HALO® also has a full line of swaddles based on the highly regarded HALO® Sleep Sack®, the first choice of hospitals and the original wearable blanket. HALO® Sleep partners with leading infant health and safety organizations, dedicating part of their proceeds to educational efforts.
Shop for sleep essentials from HALO® Sleep at Halosleep.com
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Tire Your Baby Out
One of the best ways to get your baby to sleep is to tire them out. Make sure they are active. Have them play with toys with their grandparents, or any pets they might have. However, you do not want to over stimulate or have your baby become overly tired, as both will make it harder to fall asleep. An overtired baby would much rather scream and tell you how tired they are than actually fall asleep. In short, try to tire them out, and when they are starting to rub their eyes and yawn, it’s time to put them in a bassinet that vibrates to help soothe them to sleep.
Stick to Your Routine
Stick to your usual bedtime routine as much as possible. If you normally give your baby a bath, then get them changed, feed them, read books, and put them in a bassinet or crib, keep to that routine. Don’t forget to bring some of their favorite bedtime books with you, or keep some at the grandparents’ house as special bedtime stories. Maintaining a consistent bedtime routine from home to an unfamiliar place will help your baby realize it is time for sleep. Remember, babies are creatures of habit.
Keep the Room Dark
Try to set the mood for your baby by keeping the room dark. Babies are often used to sleeping in the dark, so drawing the curtains and using your bedtime voice while slowing down activities will help set the mood for your baby to want to go to sleep. Dark rooms also help release melatonin, which naturally makes your baby want to sleep. You may not have the blackout curtains you might have at home, but improvising with towels or sheets can go a long way toward making your baby want to sleep.
Use White Noise
White noise can help a baby fall asleep as it carries a positive sleep association. However, the main reason to bring a white noise machine is that it blocks out unfamiliar sounds, which might catch your baby’s attention and stop them from falling asleep.
Bring a Monitor
It can be very helpful to bring a monitor with you. While an audio monitor will help you hear your baby, especially if you are in another part of your parents’ house, a video monitor can help give you peace of mind that they are sleeping soundly. This is especially true if your baby is sleeping in another room than you due to necessity.
About HALO® Sleep
HALO® Sleep, one of the most well-known and trusted brands for high-quality infant sleep solutions and products, makes it a goal to educate parents, equipping them with the necessary tools to help ensure their infants sleep safely and soundly. They continuously work to innovate safe, comfortable products for infants and toddlers, such as a twin bassinet that keeps twins close and a bassinet that vibrates and keeps your baby close to your bed. HALO® also has a full line of swaddles based on the highly regarded HALO® Sleep Sack®, the first choice of hospitals and the original wearable blanket. HALO® Sleep partners with leading infant health and safety organizations, dedicating part of their proceeds to educational efforts.
Shop for sleep essentials from HALO® Sleep at Halosleep.com
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