From a very early age it was important that my baby got a goods nights sleep. All babies need between 12 and 15 hours sleep each night. In the early satges they tend to wake every 3 to 4 hours for feeding.
However a good bedtime routine is vital, the earlier you establish it the better.
Since our son was six weeks old, we started quiet time. At six o clock every evening we bathed him, changed him, and fed him his supper.
Then we had some quiet reading or cuddling time. Ny seven o clock he knew it was time for bed. A warm bottle and his teddy followed by a short bed time story and he drifts off to sleep.
Of course it does help having the room, darkened, with a night light too.
For babies there is no difference between night and day and they need to gradually learn that night-time is for sleeping. In fact many new babies may have their most active periods at night and most sleepy periods during the day. If this fits your baby then it isn't because he associates darkness with being awake, but because during your pregnancy he adopted a rhythm of being lulled to sleep by your activity during the day and being more active when you rested at night.
One way to help your bay associate night time with sleep is to use blackout roller blinds. these when pulled down completely darken the room and baby knows its time for a good nights sleep, and hopefully mum and dad get some sleep too.
