As I promised fashah, I'm gonna come up with a manual on how to deal with childhood someday! And this subject above might be in it as well. At the last part of the manual perhaps, like all operating manual. Hehe...

1. CHECK IF HE'S HUNGRY. Put your finger near his mouth. If he's hungry, then his mouth will react to your finger and you'll know what you need to do.

2. DID HE WET HIS DIAPERS?. The most common explanation in most cases. He won't sleep with shits and urines covering his butt as much as you won't sleep on your bed after wetting it!

3. WHEN WAS HIS LAST BATH?. Like us, babies also would love the warm, soothing bath before sleep. The warm bath will max the entire sleeping sensation in the little kid.

4. TRY SWITCHING ON THE LIGHT. If you've done step 1, 2 and 3 but the boy still just won't doz off, ... try switching on the light in the room. In most cases, babies are afraid of the dark and to most kids, the darkness is just too much to handle that it munch the sleepiness away!

5. FEED HIM WITH GRIPE WATER. His tummy might suffer some flatulence especially if he is bottle feeding. As pre-caution, don't forget to 'BURP' him after each session of bottle feed.

6. PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND HIM AND LET HIM SLEEP IN YOUR ARMS. This is a lesson we got from our bidan after some sleepless nights. Babies would feel safer being in mommy's or daddy's arm especially when you hold him close to your chest. The sound of your heart beat remind him of the days when he was in mummy's tummy where he felt so safe and secure!

Hey, that aint too bad aite? Any additional advice?

Good Luck peeps!

Posted by Wan Mohd Fahimi @ 1:26 PM