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ManiacMcGeeManiacMcGee
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In my quest for a good nights sleep my DH and I tried a bunch of new things today:

Lots of daylight, restricting nap time to the crib instead of the swing, a bath, and we used the miracle blanket  but didn't tie down his arms (which he hates).

He went down at 11pm, woke up at 1am for a feeding, down again at 2am and back up at 4am. Now he's wide awake and happily swinging away.

Considering 4 hours is more than either of us have gotten in a long time I call it a success! Plus, I feel oddly rested.  

Thanks for all your advice! I'm hoping to lengthen these sleep sessions a little bit every day :) 

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  • kje120kje120 member
    I'm glad you got a little more sleep. Hopefully if you keep up the routine he'll give you even more soon :)
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    good job!
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  • lylahlovelylahlove member
    Congrats! Sleep is a wonderful thing :)
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  • brunette mac brunette mac
    WooHoo! I'm glad you found something that works. My lactation consultant explained to me that if lo eats more during the day, at least every 3hrs, he'll sleep longer at night. So during the day I make sure to wake him and feed. He's been sleeping at night  for 5 hr stretches ever since!
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  • Scout05Scout05 member

    I'm glad you had a good night! DD was about your LOs age when she finally started sorting out her night/day confusion and giving us longer stretches at night. She's still up at least once, but we're getting more sleep and thus feel more human.

    I hope he continues to stretch out those sleep times.

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  • ManiacMcGeeManiacMcGee

    imagebrunette mac:
    WooHoo! I'm glad you found something that works. My lactation consultant explained to me that if lo eats more during the day, at least every 3hrs, he'll sleep longer at night. So during the day I make sure to wake him and feed. He's been sleeping at night  for 5 hr stretches ever since!

    Interesting! I'll try that too! 

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  • misssurlymisssurly
    Congrats!! Just after the 6 week mark, my LO started sleeping for 6 hour stretches at night... I didn't do anything different so I think it's just that she finally grew enough, and her tummy can fit more food to last the night. She does definitely drink a lot during the day, we nurse probably every 2 hours so maybe that helps?
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  • JackiemknJackiemkn

    Sleep is good!  I'm so happy for you!

     

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  • kgail11kgail11 member
    GREAT!!!!  Any little bit of sleep is AWESOME! It's crazy how we can feel well-rested after such short spans of sleep..  but it's so true!
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  • Hippixie4Hippixie4
    Hooray for sleep! We just started getting one five hour stretch every night and it is heaven. Feels great to be asleep long enough to really feel rested.
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