LO is 3 weeks old and barely had 2 naps today both of which were only about an hour then another 45 minute one this evening. Now I'm trying to put her down for the night. Fed her and she seemed to start to fall asleep, but now she's wide awake. I thought newborns were supposed to sleep like 18 hours a day?? She only sleeps about an hour or two at a time at night and eats at least every two hours. What is going on? Is this normal?
Re: LO does not seem to want to sleep!
My LO was the same way. All I kept reading was that newborns sleep all day, it was so frustrating. He eventually grew out of it. We started a bedtime routine, and he started sleeping through the night at 9 weeks. He still isn't
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My DD just turned 6 weeks and she started doing the same thing about a week ago. She would end up so tired by the end of the day that she would start screaming - sometimes for an hour or two. It was so frustrating for us because the more she screamed,
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What I do is let her stay up for 45 min to 1 hr at a time or until she gives me tired cues. Then I either put her in the baby carrier or I swaddle her and place her on my chest or in the
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