The reason your baby is having trouble sleeping through the night isn't because he or she is a night owl, babies simply don't know the difference between day and night. Here a few tricks you can do to help teach your baby that night time is sleep time. Sleep specialists recommends that at night time when mom or dad are feeding baby, they should make it a quiet, un-stimulating and short feeding period. Just use the time to relax and bond with your baby. When you feed your baby during the daytime, you can make it more fun. Showing baby that daytime is fun time, nighttime is sleepy time.

Eventually, when they wake in the night they won't associate needing another feed with falling asleep. Instead, being drowsy and in their crib will be their cue for sleeping. They may still need a feed during the night but should not need you to go to him every hour or so just to help them get back to sleep

Watch for changes in your baby's sleep pattern. If your baby has been sleeping consistently, and suddenly is waking, there may be a problem such as an ear infection. Some sleep disturbances are simply due to changes in development or because of over stimulation.

Never put a baby to bed with a bottle propped for feeding. This is a dangerous practice that can lead to ear infections and choking.

Helping your Baby Sleep ...

Babies may not be able to establish their own sleeping and waking patterns, especially in going to sleep. You can help your baby sleep by recognizing signs of sleep readiness, teaching him/her to fall asleep on his/her own, and providing the right environment for comfortable and safe sleep. I always had music playing while my kids were in their rooms, even as babies. I read someplace that it helped their vocabulary. All my kids were earlier talkers, I think it worked.

Signs that baby may be tired..

Your baby may show signs of being ready for sleep when you see the following signs:

Rubbing their eyes
Yawning
Looking away
Fussing

Helping Baby Fall Asleep ...

Not all babies know how to put themselves to sleep. When it is time for bed, many parents want to rock or breast feed a baby to help them fall asleep. Establishing a routine like this at bedtime isn't’t a good idea. Be sure that your baby does not fall asleep in your arms. This could be a hard habit to break and your baby may begin to expect to be in your arms in order to fall asleep. When your baby briefly awakens during a sleep cycle, he/she may not be able to go back to sleep on his own.

Most experts recommend allowing a baby to become sleepy in your arms, then putting them to bed while still awake. This way baby learns how to go to sleep on their own. Playing soft music while your baby is getting sleepy is also a good way to help establish a bedtime routine.

Best Sleep Positions for Newborns ...

Experts now agree that putting a baby to sleep on their back is the safest position. Side-sleeping may also be used, but this also has a higher risk than back sleeping. Other reports have found soft surfaces, loose bedding, and overheating with too many blankets also increase the risk for SIDS. Smoking by the mother is also a major risk for SIDS, as are poor prenatal care and if baby is premature. Since the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) made the "back-to-sleep" recommendation in 1992, the SIDS rate has dropped more than 40 percent.

Back sleeping also appears to be safer for other reasons. There is no evidence that babies are more likely to vomit or spit up while sleeping on their back. In fact, choking may be more likely in the prone position.

A task force of The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), offer the following recommendations for infant bedding:

Place your baby on his/her back on a firm, tight-fitting mattress in a crib that meets current safety standards.

Remove pillows, quilts, comforters, sheepskins, stuffed toys, and other soft products from the crib.

Consider using a sleeper as an alternative to blankets with no other covering.

If using a blanket, put your baby with his/her feet at the foot of the crib. Tuck a thin blanket around the crib mattress, only as far as the baby's chest.

Make sure your baby's head remains uncovered during sleep.

Do not place your baby on a waterbed, sofa, soft mattress, pillow, or other soft surface to sleep.

Finally if you've been advised by well meaning friends that a little baby cereal late at night will help your baby sleep, don't listen. It really doesn't seem to make any difference to the baby's sleeping pattern to feed it cereal during the evening.

As much as it doesn’t seem like it will ever happen, your baby will sleep through the night. Until then do what so many experts recommend for those first few weeks, sleep when baby does.