Sleep is one of the most important factors in releasing growth hormones, most especially for very young babies.While your baby sleeps, her little body produces 3x more growth hormones.
The good news is there is a way to promote better sleep for your baby: through a consistent nightly bedtime routine.
Learn more about the JOHNSON´S® Baby Bedtime Routine, clinically proven to stretch your baby´s sleep by as much as 23%.
In addition to the JOHNSON´S® Baby Bedtime Routine and products, there are countless other ways you can help your baby fall asleep and even share bonding moments in the process!
When I had my son Jerome James, I didn’t have my own computer and internet to do researching about babies and taking good care of them. I don’t even have reference books with me. I just relied on personal experience on taking care of my younger brothers and knowledge passed by my mother and mother in law.
I am really proud of my son because I didn’t have sleepless night except when he is sick and uncomfortable. His sleep pattern is not different from the adults because he too sleeps soundly at night. I really like taking pictures of him when sleeping because he is such an angel.
Now that I have my own computer and can do lots of browsing and researching, I realized that what I did was really right. When he was still a baby, I followed a pattern before he sleeps. At a certain time at night, I would clean him. I use milk bath for him. After cleansing him, I will put lotion on his arms and legs and while doing this I am also massaging him. I put baby powder on his back and chest too; I only use Johnson’s Baby products. I also talk to him, tell him stories and how much I love him. Few minutes later and it would be sleeping time, his daddy and I will say “good night,” “I love you” & “sweet dreams” to him. The surroundings play an important part also because when it’s sleeping time, we turn off the lights and there’s no unnecessary noise around. I see to it that he gets enough sleep because if not he would have a bad mood.
Now, that he is already five years old, our routine changed a bit. He’s a little boy now and he is also playful but he still needs enough time for sleep. Around 9:30 to 10 in the evening, we would start preparing for sleep. There would still be cleaning time, wherein he takes a quick shower, brushing his teeth, and putting on lotion. After that, he would tell me, “kilitian na(tickle time)” or “tawanan na(laughing time).” And we would tickle each other, and laugh at the silliest thing. After a few minutes, we will pray, sometimes he’ll pray, most of the time I do the praying and he will just close his eyes, listen and agrees with me. Then, we would say “good night,” “I love you” & “sweet dreams” while kissing each other. I still like looking at my son when he is sleeping. He still sleeps like an angel.
