Help! Baby waking every hour!

SNE2285

I need some serious help or encouragement. My LO is 8 weeks old. First 7 weeks we co slept and she literally got to sleep in my arms and feed whenever she wanted. This was never my plan but she got a nasty cold/cough and I felt better co sleeping. 

5 nights ago I said no to co sleeping and started a bedtime routine. We start at 7:30 with a bath, massage, swaddle, lullaby and feed. by 8:15 she is usually asleep but I hold her until 9 before putting her down (will try and break this later). She will sleep anywhere from 9 to midnight or 1. We nighttime feed and then she is up EVERY hour after like clock work. The first night I gave in a co slept and she slept fine. I refuse to do that anymore. 

how can I get her to sleep the second half of the night? She isn't hungry, clean and no burps. Was she just THAT use to sleeping with me? I am desperate and exhausted. What wakes her? Is her sleep cycles and how can I get her to sleep through the changing cycle if so?

i have so much anxiety I can barely sleep the stretches I get and dread nighttime! Help please! 

ashleyp625

For me, I find it is best for my sanity to do what works. If you were safely co-sleeping, and it allowed everyone to get some sleep, that's probably what I would do. Can you compromise and co-sleep after that first long stretch so you can all get some more sleep? If it ain't broke, don't fix it there will be plenty of time to break habits later if you feel it's necessary. 

SNE2285

I could compromise but I was losing my sanity with her cosleeping. Yes, I got more sleep but I was resenting her keeping me from my bed and husband. 

navarronine

I also Co sleep with my baby because why would want to put my baby alone in his bed it's lonely, and for me it doesn't seem right to put my baby in his crib just now maybe for a nap but not during the night I would always be worried about him ..In all truth are time is not are own even while we sleep. .

jek2016

I have a cosleeper bassinet with a fold down side that my LO sleeps in. She naps in there in our living room during the day and sleeps pulled up to my bed at night. She's not in my bed (I'm terrified I'd roll over on her or not sleep while trying to prevent that) but she's near enough that I can pat her tummy, stroke her face, or pop her pacifier into her mouth if she fusses. It's not a quick solution to get one, and may be a risk if it doesn't work, but it would be a compromise between giving up your bed and having her sleep alone. 

CopperBoom86

It sounds like she got really comfortable with that 7 week routine you had going on and doesn't like the change. Maybe you could try an in-bed cosleeper as a stepping stone. That's what we did. Babe slept in my arms the first week, then we bought the First Years Close and Secure Sleeper and put it in the bed with us. When she got fussy, we could reach over and rub her back or pat her booty to comfort her, but we always left her in the cosleeper so she would get used to not being held. Then when she went a couple weeks without fussing at all at night in her cosleeper, we moved her to a bassinet in our room and she did beautifully. She's now sleeping a 6 hour stretch in the bassinet every night. 

Good luck!

vanessa11411

I have a pack n play in our bedroom. Elias has slept In there since day one. He takes all his naps in his room in his crib. We also swaddle and have a sound machine going all night and during naps. There were a handful of times where he would sleep in my arms because I was so exhausted but I tried not to do it too often. I didn't want him to get used to it. He sleeps a 4 to 5 hour stretch the first time and they start to decrease with each waking. if it hasn't been 2 hours, then I just rock him and stick him back in his crib. Just stick to your new routine and he will fall into it. it'll just take some time. 

ebk1020

A sound machine with white noise was a life saver for me.  I would also suggest looking up the mom's on call swaddle on YouTube.  My little one went from waking us twice a night to sleeping from 7 to 7 almost overnight because of that swaddling technique.

Kittens22

I have found that any time we change the routine it IS frustrating, but takes a couple days to adjust. We usually wait till we have a day or 2 off and try to change things up then, expecting to not sleep much & just lay low for a while, nor making plans etc. If yours stubborn and stick with your plan, baby will adjust. Hope you're getting more sleep by now!!!!:)