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"Never wake a sleeping baby"
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How long is this applicable for? Sophie is 11 weeks old and sleeps a ton during the day! I'm wondering if it's too much? She does kind of sttn...she goes down at 7, I dream feed at 10 and she sleeps through until 5. At 5 I re swaddle and put her back down in her rock and play until she wakes up to eat again at 8. After her feeding at 8 she's downstairs so it's loud, lights are on, we go out to do errands etc. she drifts in and out of sleep and eats every 3 hours during the day pretty consistently. If she's awake I engage her, talk, play music, show her toys etc. Should I be doing more to encourage a routine or a longer night time sleep stretch? Or let her continue to lead the way until 4 to 6 months or so?
How long is this applicable for? Sophie is 11 weeks old and sleeps a ton during the day! I'm wondering if it's too much? She does kind of sttn...she goes down at 7, I dream feed at 10 and she sleeps through until 5. At 5 I re swaddle and put her back down in her rock and play until she wakes up to eat again at 8. After her feeding at 8 she's downstairs so it's loud, lights are on, we go out to do errands etc. she drifts in and out of sleep and eats every 3 hours during the day pretty consistently. If she's awake I engage her, talk, play music, show her toys etc. Should I be doing more to encourage a routine or a longer night time sleep stretch? Or let her continue to lead the way until 4 to 6 months or so?
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Re: "Never wake a sleeping baby"
Yep. Never.
hell, I don't even wake my DH...
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Agreed, don't wake the baby. Babies need a lot of sleep especially at first. They're growing and developing at a very fast rate. Their body knows what they need as far as sleep goes. Let them get what they need!
Also, they won't continue to sleep so much. It will naturally evolve if you just let them do their thing.
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I would let her sleep too.
If it makes you feel better my kid as a nb was slept a lot during the day too. Then she got to be about 3 months and went through a streak where she was up ALL day but slept all night.
My pedi was always big on unless you have eating issues don't wake the baby. He says the best sleepers are usually the ones that were allowed to work through their sleep cycles on their own as babies.
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