The child is younger – the more he sleeps and the it is more important to provide him necessary conditions. Both the bed, and bedding, and lack of noise, and temperature in the room are important for sleep quality.
Room
Young parents sometimes consider that the will be warmer in the children's room – the better. It not absolutely so. Of course, to the kid it should not be cold. But also the heat affects the child badly, he is capricious, badly falls asleep and quickly wakes up. Optimum temperature - +22 °C. Anyway temperature should not be below 20 °C and above 24 °C. Before putting the kid to bed, the room needs to be aired.
Bed
It is better from the very beginning to accustom the child to sleep in a bed. The newborn some time can sleep also in a carriage, and even in a basket (for example if by the time of discharge from maternity hospital you did not manage to pick up a suitable bed yet). Whether it is worth stacking the child in a parental bed? Of course, the kid near mom feels more quietly, but parents will hardly be able fully to have a rest that finally will negatively affect also the child. Own bed is in every respect more convenient. While the kid is not able to turn over independently, sides can be not lifted highly.
Bed
The most important precept – a bed of the kid always has to be clean. In the first several months of life of the child it needs to be changed every day, and even twice a day. The child needs flat and quite firm mattress that the backbone was correctly formed. The newborn sleeps usually without pillow. In spite of the fact that almost all newborns sleep in pampers, many mothers after all dim an oilcloth which is covered with a diaper over a bed-sheet. A similar type of a bed – it is rather a tribute of tradition, than need. Of course, if the kid did not manage to pick up the pampers suitable by the size, not to do without oilcloth. It is not necessary at all if the kid sleeps in a sleeping bag. The bag is convenient also that the child will not reveal during sleep.
How to stack
The kid it is better to put on a flank. The head should not touch a bed back. In the first days of life of the kid in general it is better to put closer to other back that legs almost touched it. To swaddle the kid "with handles" or not – depends on character of the baby. However, if you put the newborn to bed in a sleeping bag, hands will be anyway closed.
Noise
To provide absolute sound insulation in an apartment house it is almost unreal. Of course, in the room it has to be whenever possible silent. It is better to refrain from a noisy sit-round gathering and too loud telecasts and computer games. But it does not mean at all that when the child sleeps, in the house all life has to fade. For the kid it will be better if he treats calmly background noise. The quiet conversation or steps in kitchen should not awake him.