My 2 week old has issues falling asleep-once he is asleep he usually stays asleep for 2-3 hours, but getting him to fall asleep is the issue. Last night he woke up at 12 and I couldn't get him to fall back asleep until 2:30.
I'm sure that 2 weeks is too young to have in any sort of routine, but do you ladies have any tips on how to help him get to sleep faster? We have a sound machine, I've tried swaddling him-he just sits there and tries to get his arms free, and everytime I try to rock him he thinks its time to eat.
Re: ? about 2 week old sleeping
I'm hoping its just because he is so young. I try feeding him and he falls asleep at the breast. When I try to move him to his sleeper he wakes up!
Lainey does this too, I find that if I just rock her for about 10 minutes after she's fallen asleep before trying to transfer her that it goes better. I guess it lets her get into a deeper sleep before being jostled.
That's pretty normal for a 2 week old. Do you have a glider? Sometimes that is comfy to nurse in with a nursing pillow and you can doze a bit... or I just would turn the TV on and hold him until he was veryyyyy much asleep.
Don't fret... it won't be like forever.
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Jkat! I have no advice, as we fight this too. He is getting better at falling asleep again though, but at least once a night he's wide awake!
I just wanted to say it's so cool that your little man was born on 10-10-10!
Thanks! All along I thought he'd be a 10-9 baby but he decided to wait one more day
I can't even get the little dude to nap 1/2 the time. It's like things are too cool and he wants to just look around. DH finally got him to nap at 1:15 and at 1:34 he woke back up. I'm really hoping this passes soon, poor DH is beyond tired when he goes to work everyday!
I hope you are enjoying your LO!
I do what PP suggested - I rock her until she is very, very much asleep. I would love to just hop back into bed after feeding, but I have resigned myself to those extra min. to make sure she does not wake up.
Then, I lean as low as I can still clutching her close, before laying her down. I also keep a hand on her for a few seconds or so, so she kinda feels like I am still holding her. It's been working for me - GL!