Their need for sleep then gradually decreases. For safety and comfort, a baby should sleep in a specially designed crib. Most cribs have sides with bars that can be lowered and raised by an adult. Any wider and the baby's head could become entrapped. Babies should be kept covered in their cribs to avoid chills.
Most infants like to turn their heads toward the lightest part of the room.
But a baby's head may become flat- tened on one side if it is always turned in the same direction. To avoid this problem, babies should be turned head to foot at every other bedtime. They will then have to turn their heads in the opposite direction in order to face the light. A newborn baby is much happier if he or she is wrapped up snugly. This custom, called swaddling, is considered old- fashioned and even unkind by some people, but modern research has shown that it is a practical way to help a baby to sleep peacefully.