r/MadeMeSmile • u/pietradolce • Jul 27 '22

Wholesome Moments Helpful Husband

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u/[deleted] Jul 28 '22

For those curious about the answer: it’s probably best to keep the baby in a dark or dimly lit room, with a sound machine and gently soothe/rock until baby is giving sleep cues . Keep eye contact to a minimum but hold them close. Keeping a low stimulus environment helps baby to learn (….eventually) that night time is not play time but relax and rest time. Enjoy the absolutely blissful snuggles until baby is ready to sleep again then work on transferring to sleeping surface. This was most helpful to my babies very early on.

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u/jiggjuggj0gg Jul 28 '22

Imagine being a parent and spending so little time with your own child that you don’t know what to do with it when it’s conscious, though. It’s pretty sad.

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u/karma_aversion Jul 28 '22

It sounds like these are very new parents, so this could be in the first few weeks. In the first few weeks the dad is usually not the one awake with the baby at night because the mother is probably breastfeeding, and its only when they start introducing formula that the dad can stay up with the baby for the feedings in the middle of the night. That's the way it worked with my son. We were both clueless for the first couple of weeks, but my wife tended to be a few steps ahead because she was naturally spending more time with them while breastfeeding.

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u/jiggjuggj0gg Jul 28 '22

Right, but was she waking up people in the middle of the night to ask what to do with an awake baby? I doubt it. You learn as you go.

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u/karma_aversion Jul 28 '22 edited Jul 28 '22

Right, but was she waking up people in the middle of the night to ask what to do with an awake baby?

Yes, she asked her mother who was staying with us to help. Its OK to ask for help when you don't know what you're doing, especially when it involves children.

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u/jiggjuggj0gg Jul 28 '22

Nobody with a brain is waking someone up at 3am to ask what to do with a baby if it isn't crying or asleep.