Sleep must naturally overtake your newborn baby. Constant background noise helps babies stay asleep. Swaddling prevents infants from being woken by their startle reflex.

Dry your baby as quickly as possible, making sure that you remember all the cracks and creases again – behind the knees, around the wrists, under the arms and under the neck.

Avoid cigarette smoke. Studies show that exposure to second- hand smoke can increase a baby's risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, so can smoking during pregnancy.

Your baby sleeps around 14 hours a day. Your baby naps for 1 to 2 hours twice a day. Most babies sleep through the night. Tips to help your baby sleep.

Your baby sleeps 14 to 15 hours a day. Many babies begin to sleep through the night (8 to 12 hours). Hooray! Most babies are ready for sleep training. Babies at this age take 2 to 3 daytime naps.

Newborn babies sleep for 2 to 4 hours, every 2 hours, day and night. By 8 weeks, your baby will sleep less during the day and more at night. Most babies sleep through the night by 4 to 6 months.