... AWAKE OR ASLEEP Studies show that infants who are put to bed already asleep are much more likely to wake during the night than infants who are put in their cribs awake and fall asleep there The. .. getting their child to establish a sleep pattern during the day, basically getting them to fall asleep at the same times throughout the day Helping a child fall asleep quickly and at roughly the same... The National Sleep Foundation poll found that babies who are put to bed already asleep take longer to fall asleep, are twice as likely to wake during the night, and sleep on average an hour less