A newborn child brings in a lot of happiness to the family.
However, a newborn child also can cause sleepless nights for the parents.
Keeping awake in the nights with a newborn is the most difficult time for any parent.
As a parent, you can teach your child to sleep through the night and also be comfortable at the same time.
As a new parent, you should be aware that every child wakes up in the middle of the night.
Adults will also have to wake up along with them, but we know how to go back to sleep.
However, infants do not know how to do this.
So you should teach them that they have to go back to sleep.
Most infants cry after waking up because they do not know what to do.
It is nature's way of alerting the parents.
So as a parent you have to check every time your child wakes up from sleep.
If you have checked on your entire child's needs like a diaper change or making them warm, then gently rub their belly for them.
This will help them to go back to sleep.
If your child is not crying too much, do not pick them up from the crib.
You can make your child go back to sleep by rubbing their belly or caressing their head.
Rocking and carrying them around is setting a trap for yourself as the child will learn to expect this every night.
Another way of getting a child to sleep in the night is by making them take shorter naps during the day.