When placing your baby down to sleep in their modus basket or cradle, it's important to make them feel comfortable. Babies feel comfortable when swaddled they feel tight and secure.

From routine ideas to sleeping issues and night feeding, these mums have all been there and lived to tell the tale. Find out what worked for other mums and their babies.

The "cry it out" method refers to any sleep training approach that says it's OK to let a baby cry for a specified period of time (often a very short period) before offering comfort.

Start the massage from left to right and from the bottom up. Make circular movements sense clock needle. Surround the baby with her hands from the back to navel.

The no-tears approach to sleep training offers an opportunity to connect with your child at bedtime by developing quiet, cozy nighttime rituals and by quickly responding to your baby's requests for comfort.

The first few minutes and hours after birth is an important time for a mother and her new baby to bond. Spending time together and skin to skin contact for the first hour of life is especially helpful in making the transitions after the birth's successful for you and your baby.