Establishing Night Vs Day

A helpful tool for me after bringing little M home, was the Baby Einstein crib aquarium. It is a plastic "pretend" aquarium that fastens securely to the side of your crib. It has 4 settings. You can (1) play the aquarium bubbling sounds, (2) play them with light so the baby can watch the fish swim to the sounds, (3) play music, or (4) play music with light and moving fish.

What we did to establish night and day, was every night when we went to bed and put her in the bassinet, we would play the aquarium bubbling sounds. This included any time at night that we put her down after she got up to feed.

This connected a sound with night time. So, every time she laid down in her bassinet and heard the sounds, she would know that it was night time, not play time. This method worked wonderful for us and at 5.5 months old, it is still working. However, I do know of babies that this did not work for. Like they say, every baby is different. Nonetheless, if you are having trouble getting your little bundle of joy to know the difference between bed time and nap time, I recommend giving this a shot.