Rules and routine for your baby

Real tips from real mums

Staying up all night to get lucky? Er, no – that’ll be the baby keeping you awake. Make sure you’ve got the right approach to bedtime - and avoid these 5 mistakes every new parent makes:

Expecting too much, too soon
Doing too much
Rushing the bedtime routine
Waking your baby up from a nap
Keeping things too quiet
Pre-kids, not much sleep used to be a) a good night out and b) nothing that caffeine and a bacon sarnie couldn’t fix. Now that you’re a mum, the amount of sleep you get depends on your baby.


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