The best conditions for good baby sleep

You can't force your baby's sleep or sleep behavior, but you can create the best conditions for a relaxed, comfortable environment. Pay attention to the following:

• The right room temperature for healthy baby sleep is about 18 °C. Babies can't regulate their body temperature as well as adults and need particularly careful protection from heat, but also from cold.

• A quiet sleeping environment provides relaxation and a feeling of safety and comfort.

• Baby sleep sacks made of warming yet breathable materials have proven particularly effective for sleeping. They provide enough room to kick and the little ones can't pull a blanket over their head or cover themselves.

Our tip: However, the sleep sack should not be too large, because otherwise too much heat can escape through the openings at the neck and arms and there is a risk that the sleep sack will slip over the head. An additional blanket should not be used.

Rituals that help babies fall asleep

There are many things that make it easier for children to fall asleep and sleep through the night. For example, it is important to create a pleasant atmosphere in the child's room. With soft night lights or plug-in lamps, which project soothing images onto the ceiling, this works like a charm. But also quiet, familiar melodies from music boxes or mobiles help the little ones settle down.

This provides a good foundation for a shared evening bedtime ritual, which creates familiarity and security between children and parents. What this ritual looks like – whether with the reading a story from a favorite book, the shared looking at a picture book or the cuddling on the sofa – varies from child to child, from family to family.

Incredibly effective: the anti-dream-monster spray

A dream monster lurking in the closet or under the bed? Then the anti-dream-monster spray just the thing. With it, awakened troublemakers disappear as if by magic. And the best part: it's very easy to make. All you need for it is an empty, clean spray bottle without a label, a pair of scissors, glue and the anti-dream-monster spray template.

Safety with a night light

Children love night lights for falling asleep. It takes away their fear of the dark and creates a cozy, secure atmosphere.

Pacifier always within reach

Falling asleep is one thing, sleeping through the night is another. A pacifier that is always within reach, helps with that. To prevent long searching at night, there is the cuddly pacifier bunny. A snap on one of its long ears keeps the baby's pacifier always with it. And thanks to its size the bunny doesn't fall through the crib slats so easily. Finally peaceful nights for everyone!

9 tips to help your baby sleep well

1. Pleasant sleeping environment with a soothing night light

2. Baby bed in the parents' bedroom during the first year

3. Room temperature: not above 18°C

4. Swaddling infants up to 4 months (wrap tightly in a cloth or blanket)

5. Sleep sack instead of a blanket

6. Lots of fresh air during the day

7. Regular daily routine with relaxation periods

8. Reduce stimuli from about one hour before sleep

9. Pleasant bedtime rituals such as cuddling, singing songs and telling stories.