Pampers understands that sleep (and lack of it!) is a much talked about subject amongst mums. That’s why we’ve worked with our sleep expert, Wendy Dean, to bring you advice for a better night’s sleep with your baby – so you can both wake up to a brighter morning together.
Congratulations on the arrival of your little one! You’ll find lots of advice here for a restful night, to help you enjoy this precious time even more...
Our resident sleep expert shares her top tips for a peaceful night
Soothology Clock Tower
Bedtime stories, lullabies and more to help you settle your baby
For the first few months your newborn will be sleeping around 16 hours a day and will wake around every three hours when she is hungry. Research shows that getting babies into a good routine right from these early days encourages better sleeping habits and may help her learn to sleep through the night sooner.
Click the arrow on the right on to discover the Soothology™ routine’s four simple steps to help your baby drift off into the land of golden sleep, created with our sleep expert Wendy Dean…Â
Step 1: Settling time Create a calming atmosphere for your newborn at bedtime.
Step 2: Down time Put your baby in her cot in a way that helps her sleep through..
Step 3: Sleep time Understand what disturbs your baby during the night, and how best to respond.
Step 4: Waking time Use Pampers New Baby nappies to help your baby enjoy her golden sleep, for brighter mornings together.
And read on for some extra words of advice...
Find your own rhythm: It’s important to remember that there are no quick fix solutions. Routines don’t always work overnight, so persevere and adapt the routine to suit your lifestyle and your baby’s temperament. If you are finding it tough, don’t worry, you will find a rhythm that works for your little one.
Trust your instincts: However overwhelming it feels at first, the key thing is to do what feels right. Try to listen to your baby as they start to communicate with you from very early on and soon you’ll develop your own methods that work perfectly for you and your little one.
A word from Wendy: Every baby is different, so don’t be swayed by what’s going on with friends and their little ones. While it can be comforting to share and hear about others’ experiences, it can be daunting too. Remember that what your baby needs most is love and care, so try to relax, listen to your baby and try and enjoy these very special early days.
Need a little inspiration to help settle your baby? Our treasure trove of toys is just what you need. You can take home magical bedtime stories, gorgeous lullabies and even a video showing you how to give your baby a relaxing massage.
Babies feel reassured when they hear a familiar voice speaking to them while they're in their cot. Here are some stories you can read to your baby to help him fall asleep peacefully.
Adventures in the Land of Golden Sleep
Travel to the land of golden sleep with Golden Bunny as he takes baby to meet his animal friends in this magical world.
Gentle music can comfort babies and help them drift off to sleep. Play one of these lullabies, especially composed for babies at bedtime, and you may find it easier to settle your baby.
A massage can help babies settle, sleep longer and even be more alert during waking hours. It's also a nice way for mum and baby to connect at bedtime.
Hi! I know from experience that having a baby is a joyous time, but it can also feel daunting, especially when you’re not having as much sleep as you’re used to. Here are my top five tips to help your baby learn to sleep longer, based on years of research, listening to other parents and, all importantly, experience with my own kids.
The Pampers Soothology™ routine is in essence all about establishing a good bedtime routine. However, daytime naps are an important part of this too. Lunchtime naps help babies feel rested; ready and raring to enjoy the afternoon. Many mums also say that if baby misses their lunchtime nap it can really impact on the bedtime routine too. Being overtired can make your baby frustrated, making it harder for her to settle.
All this will help your baby to not just fall asleep, but stay asleep for as long as possible at night.
Keep the nursery at a consistent temperature so your baby is comfortable and doesn’t wake up because she is too hot or too cold. A room temperature gauge and a baby sleeping bag can help.
Babies can often get quite hot, but it’s also important she doesn’t get too cold either – so most mums find that layers are the best way to manage this. Rather than needing to change an outfit (which let’s face it we need to do enough of after feeding and playing!) you can just add or remove layers as you feel is best for your baby.
Try as much as possible to put your baby down to sleep, be it naps or at night, in the same place – ideally their nursery. Make sure it’s a soothing and happy place to be, with a mobile above the cot, an age-appropriate comforter in the cot (a very small blanket, often with hooks and loop tabs that they can play with) and cuddly toys around the room to amuse her. Black-out curtains can also help your baby fall asleep, and stay asleep, as she learns the difference between day and night.
Wait until your baby is at least a year old before putting any toys in her cot, as younger babies do not have the coordination to move something away that is covering their face.
If mummy and daddy have been away from baby all day it’s perfectly natural that you will be excited to see your baby and spend some quality time with her. While it’s hard, try and keep this a relaxing, bonding time rather than excited and energetic. This will help ensure your baby is well rested and raring to go when you do manage to spend the day with her.
While your baby may not sleep for 12 hours straight at this age, there are enough reasons why he can wake up during the night, and so you don’t want a wet nappy to be one of them!
Pampers says: Pampers New Baby are highly absorbent and offer our best New Baby protection against wetness and discomfort. In fact, Pampers New Baby nappies are the number one choice for UK mums of newborns. By locking wetness and mess away from your baby's delicate skin, our breakthrough Dry Max core and unique Dual-Absorb system make them our driest New Baby nappies! As you'd expect from Pampers, New Baby are still incredibly soft and breathable, and we've ensured a comfy fit around quickly growing legs by incorporating super stretchy sides and a soft fastening system.
Wendy Dean is the Sleep Expert on the Pampers Village Parenting Panel and has worked with Pampers to create the Pampers New Baby Soothology™ routine. She is a mother to four children; Ben, Caitlin and twins Ewan and Joseph.
Wendy graduated in 1998 with a PhD and in 1999 her first child, Ben, was born. Joining the ranks of sleep deprived parents she felt that she was not getting the help she needed to encourage her son into a pattern of sleep. Using her academic skills, she researched techniques to help children sleep and finally found a way that worked for Ben and for her.
Wendy now runs Baby Sleep Answer, which offers practical advice and support to help parents get their children to sleep. Wendy has also written and published a popular book entitled ‘The Baby Sleep System’.
Forum to pose your questions and swap sleep stories
Answers to your common questions and a downloadable sleep diary
How can Pampers help your baby get a night of golden sleep?
Whatever’s happening with you and your baby there’s one thing you can be sure of – you’re not alone! Pull up a seat in our café and exchange sleep joys and dilemmas with other proud mums of 0-3 month old babies.
Should we let our daughter cry herself to sleep?
How can we help our baby sleep all night long without waking up for his dummy?
Should I be concerned if my baby sleeps too much?
Still having trouble getting your baby to sleep? Don’t worry, our tool store is fully stocked with practical ideas to help you and your baby have a better night’s sleep.
Sleep diary
Print out this handy sleep diary and use it to keep a record of your little one’s sleep routine. It may help you see patterns developing, so you can learn to avoid them.
Q&A session
Our sleep expert, Wendy Dean, gives her answers to 24 common questions from other mums (and if you’re in a hurry, head to Wendy’s house for her quick top tips).
Wendy gives in-depth solutions to your most common sleep problems in the downloadable document below. Take a look below to see what’s included, then just click to download the full document including answers.
Welcome to your one-stop-shop for nappies that can help your baby enjoy his golden sleep. About Pampers New Baby Nappies
Pampers New Baby are highly absorbent and offer our best New Baby protection against wetness and discomfort.
In fact, Pampers New Baby nappies are the number one choice for UK mums of newborns. By locking wetness and mess away from your baby's delicate skin, our breakthrough Dry Max core and unique Dual-Absorb system make them our driest New Baby nappies! As you'd expect from Pampers, New Baby are still incredibly soft and breathable, and we've ensured a comfy fit around quickly growing legs by incorporating super stretchy sides and a soft fastening system.
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Our resident sleep expert shares her top tips for a peaceful night
Pampers Soothology ™ routine for your 4-6 month old
Bedtime stories, lullabies and more to help you settle your baby
At this age your little one is so eager to learn everything about the world around him. As you look to start weaning at six months, the introduction of solid food will provide him the energy he needs, and may also help him sleep longer at night.
However, if he’s still waking at night he can become overtired and grouchy, and this can be hard to cope with when you’re feeling exhausted too – especially if teething is disturbing his sleep further.
Click the arrow on the right on to discover the Soothology™ routine’s four simple steps to help your baby drift off into the land of golden sleep, created with our sleep expert Wendy Dean…
Step 1: Settling time Create a calming atmosphere for your newborn at bedtime.
Step 2: Down time Put your baby in her cot in a way that helps her sleep through.
Step 3: Sleep time Understand what disturbs your baby during the night, and how best to respond.
Step 4: Waking time Use Pampers Baby-Dry nappies to help your baby get a night of golden sleep, so you can both enjoy a brighter mornings together. Watch the Pesky Alarm Clock video
And read on for some extra words of advice...
Find your own rhythm: It’s important to remember that there are no quick fix solutions. Routines don’t always work overnight, so persevere and adapt the routine to suit your lifestyle and your baby’s temperament. If you are finding it tough, don’t worry, you will find a rhythm that works for your little one.
Trust your instincts: However overwhelming it feels at first, the key thing is to do what feels right. Try to listen to your baby as they start to communicate with you from very early on and soon you’ll develop your own methods that work perfectly for you and your little one.
A word from Wendy: Every baby is different, so don’t be swayed by what’s going on with friends and their little ones. While it can be comforting to share and hear about others’ experiences, it can be daunting too. Remember that what your baby needs most is love and care, so try to relax, listen to your baby and try and enjoy these very special early days.
See what happens when your baby wees during the night.
Hi! I know from experience that having a baby is a joyous time, but it can also feel daunting, especially when you’re not having as much sleep as you’re used to. Here are my top five tips to help your baby learn to sleep longer, based on years of research, listening to other parents and, all importantly, experience with my own kids.
The Pampers Soothology™ routine is in essence all about establishing a good bedtime routine. However, daytime naps are an important part of this too. Lunchtime naps help babies feel rested; ready and raring to enjoy the afternoon. Many mums also say that if baby misses their lunchtime nap it can really impact on the bedtime routine too. Being overtired can make your baby frustrated, making it harder for her to settle. All this will help your baby to not just fall asleep, but stay asleep for as long as possible at night.
Keep the nursery at a consistent temperature so your baby is comfortable and doesn’t wake up because she is too hot or too cold. A room temperature gauge and a baby sleeping bag can help.
Babies can often get quite hot, but it’s also important she doesn’t get too cold either – so most mums find that layers are the best way to manage this. Rather than needing to change an outfit (which let’s face it we need to do enough of after feeding and playing!) you can just add or remove layers as you feel is best for your baby.
Try as much as possible to put your baby down to sleep, be it naps or at night, in the same place – ideally their nursery. Make sure it’s a soothing and happy place to be, with a mobile above the cot, an age-appropriate comforter in the cot (a very small blanket, often with hooks and loop tabs that they can play with) and cuddly toys around the room to amuse her. Black-out curtains can also help your baby fall asleep, and stay asleep, as she learns the difference between day and night.
Wait until your baby is at least a year old before putting any toys in her cot, as younger babies do not have the coordination to move something away that is covering their face.
If mummy and daddy have been away from baby all day it’s perfectly natural that you will be excited to see your baby and spend some quality time with her. While it’s hard, try and keep this a relaxing, bonding time rather than excited and energetic. This will help ensure your baby is well rested and raring to go when you do manage to spend the day with her.
While your baby may not sleep for 12 hours straight at this age, there are enough reasons why he can wake up during the night, and so you don’t want a wet nappy to be one of them!
Pampers says: A new study by Pampers has discovered that the actual motion of having a wee can potentially wake your baby up (what Pampers calls the pesky Invisible Alarm Clock in the land of golden sleep). Then as your little one wees more and more throughout the night the wetness can build and may disturb his sleep. As a baby can wee up to 12 times a night, the new Pampers Baby-Dry nappy now features Extra Absorbent Zones. Specially created to provide faster absorption, this super absorbent nappy helps keep your baby dry and comfortable for up to 12 hours. (Visit the Soothology Clock Tower to see a video.)
Wendy Dean is the Sleep Expert on the Pampers Village Parenting Panel and has worked with Pampers to create the Pampers Baby-Dry Soothology™ routine. She is a mother to four children; Ben, Caitlin and twins Ewan and Joseph.
Wendy graduated in 1998 with a PhD and in 1999 her first child, Ben, was born. Joining the ranks of sleep deprived parents she felt that she was not getting the help she needed to encourage her son into a pattern of sleep. Using her academic skills, she researched techniques to help children sleep and finally found a way that worked for Ben and for her.
Wendy now runs Baby Sleep Answer, which offers practical advice and support to help parents get their children to sleep. Wendy has also written and published a popular book entitled ‘The Baby Sleep System’.
Forum to pose your questions and swap sleep stories
Answers to your common questions and a downloadable sleep diary
How can Pampers help your baby get a night of golden sleep?
Whatever’s happening with you and your baby there’s one thing you can be sure of – you’re not alone! Pull up a seat in our café and exchange sleep joys and dilemmas with other proud mums of 4-6 month old babies.
Should we let our daughter cry herself to sleep?
How can we help our baby sleep all night long without waking up for his dummy?
Should I be concerned if my baby sleeps too much?
While your baby can wee up to 12 times a night, the link between weeing and baby's sleep is not fully understood. However, the result of new research, pioneered by Pampers, offers interesting findings.
The study has discovered that the actual motion of having a wee can potentially wake your baby up. Then as your little one wees more and more throughout the night the wetness can build and may disturb her sleep.
In response to this - and to protect your baby's much-needed sleep - Pampers have created new Pampers Baby-Dry nappies with Extra Absorbent Zones. Specially created to provide faster absorption, the Extra Absorbent Zones are 14% wider than on previous Pampers Baby-Dry nappies, helping keep your baby dry and comfortable for up to 12 hours.
Thanks to Pampers Baby-Dry you can be sure that your baby's much-needed sleep will not be disturbed because of a wet and bulky nappy. Following a night of golden sleep your baby will wake refreshed so you can enjoy brighter mornings together - ready to embrace the day ahead.
You can find out more about how weeing can wake your baby, and even watch a video about the 'Pesky Alarm Clock' in the Soothology Clock Tower.
Welcome to your one-stop-shop for nappies that can help your baby sleep through.
About new Pampers Baby-Dry nappies
New Pampers Baby-Dry help keep your baby so dry that even his skin can get a good night's sleep. That's because new Baby-Dry have Extra Absorbent Zones to speed wetness away even faster. In fact, with our new Pampers Baby-Dry, your baby can enjoy up to 12 hours of overnight dryness and a good night of golden sleep, so you both can enjoy a brighter morning together.
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Our resident sleep expert shares her top tips for a peaceful night
Pampers Soothology ™ routine for your 7-12 month old
Bedtime stories, lullabies and more to help you settle your baby
By this time you’ll have started to wean your baby onto solid foods and may be thinking about stopping night feeds. The introduction of solids will give her lots of energy for her daily explorations and could also help her sleep for longer periods throughout the night.
You may now be thinking about going back to work, or have already done so. This can be a stressful time but try not to worry; you know what’s best for you and your baby and we can help you adapt your routine.
Click the arrow on the right on to discover the Soothology™ routine’s four simple steps to help your baby drift off into the land of golden sleep, created with our sleep expert Wendy Dean…
Step 1: Settling time Create a calming atmosphere for your newborn at bedtime.
Step 2: Down time Put your baby in her cot in a way that helps her sleep through.
Step 3: Sleep time Understand what disturbs your baby during the night, and how best to respond.
Step 4: Waking time Use Pampers Baby-Dry nappies to help your baby get a night of golden sleep, so you can both enjoy a brighter mornings together. Watch the Pesky Alarm Clock video
And read on for some extra words of advice...
Find your own rhythm: It’s important to remember that there are no quick fix solutions. Routines don’t always work overnight, so persevere and adapt the routine to suit your lifestyle and your baby’s temperament. If you are finding it tough, don’t worry, you will find a rhythm that works for your little one.
Trust your instincts: However overwhelming it feels at first, the key thing is to do what feels right. Try to listen to your baby as they start to communicate with you from very early on and soon you’ll develop your own methods that work perfectly for you and your little one.
A word from Wendy: Every baby is different, so don’t be swayed by what’s going on with friends and their little ones. While it can be comforting to share and hear about others’ experiences, it can be daunting too. Remember that what your baby needs most is love and care, so try to relax, listen to your baby and try and enjoy these very special early days.
See what happens when your baby wees during the night.
Forum to pose your questions and swap sleep stories
Answers to your common questions and a downloadable sleep diary
How can Pampers help your baby get a night of golden sleep?
Whatever’s happening with you and your baby there’s one thing you can be sure of – you’re not alone! Pull up a seat in our café and exchange sleep joys and dilemmas with other proud mums of 7-12 month old babies.
Should we let our daughter cry herself to sleep?
How can we help our baby sleep all night long without waking up for his dummy?
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Our resident sleep expert shares her top tips for a peaceful night
Pampers Soothology ™ routine for your 12+ month old
Bedtime stories, lullabies and more to help you settle your baby
As your little one hits the big 12-month milestone he’s touching and tasting all objects in sight as he babbles away to himself or to you. He may even be starting to experiment with his first wobbly steps. It’s an exciting time for all involved – even when he gets into mischief!
Some parents also find that at around this age their little one starts to suffer from nightmares or night terrors, which can be upsetting and tiring for you both, especially if you’ve recently gone back to work.
Click the arrow on the right on to discover the Soothology™ routine’s four simple steps to help your baby drift off into the land of golden sleep, created with our sleep expert Wendy Dean…
Step 1: Settling time Create a calming atmosphere for your newborn at bedtime.
Step 2: Down time Put your baby in her cot in a way that helps her sleep through.
Step 3: Sleep time Understand what disturbs your baby during the night, and how best to respond.
Step 4: Waking time Use Pampers Baby-Dry nappies to help your baby get a night of golden sleep, so you can both enjoy a brighter mornings together. Watch the Pesky Alarm Clock video
And read on for some extra words of advice...
Find your own rhythm: It’s important to remember that there are no quick fix solutions. Routines don’t always work overnight, so persevere and adapt the routine to suit your lifestyle and your baby’s temperament. If you are finding it tough, don’t worry, you will find a rhythm that works for your little one.
Trust your instincts: However overwhelming it feels at first, the key thing is to do what feels right. Try to listen to your baby as they start to communicate with you from very early on and soon you’ll develop your own methods that work perfectly for you and your little one.
A word from Wendy: Every baby is different, so don’t be swayed by what’s going on with friends and their little ones. While it can be comforting to share and hear about others’ experiences, it can be daunting too. Remember that what your baby needs most is love and care, so try to relax, listen to your baby and try and enjoy these very special early days.
See what happens when your baby wees during the night.
Forum to pose your questions and swap sleep stories
Answers to your common questions and a downloadable sleep diary
How can Pampers help your baby get a night of golden sleep?
Whatever’s happening with you and your baby there’s one thing you can be sure of – you’re not alone! Pull up a seat in our café and exchange sleep joys and dilemmas with other proud mums of 12+ month old babies.
Should we let our daughter cry herself to sleep?
How can we help our baby sleep all night long without waking up for his dummy?
Should I be concerned if my baby sleeps too much?
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