Somehow Evie is now 4 months old and we are slowly starting to contemplate a vague bed time routine.  So far we’ve played it by ear and been exceedingly lucky that she has since birth, slept in 3 hour blocks through the night, inititally from around 11/12pm until 9am.  She’s awake more in the day now and I make an effort to stimulate her with conversation, play, laughter and fresh air when she is bright eyes and she now sleeps from about 9pm until 9am (waking for feeds every 3/4 hours).

Last month we completed a sleep diary as part of a Kiddicare project.  As part of this, they have put together some interesting infographics.  The first infographic covers sleep during pregnacy.  Part two of the series, which I’ve included below, is my favourite so far. The sleep stats by area in particular made me smile.  I think because all my family live in East Anglia, (I’m a Norfolk girl at heart) I like to think that even though I live in the South West, I’ve got those better sleep habits in my blood…

What are your new parent sleep tips?  Did you ever sleep when the baby sleeps or do you rush round in a manic cleaning panic like me?

Disclosure: Post in collaboration with Kiddicare, all words, pictures and opinions my own.