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When did your premie sleep longer?

holn76holn76 member
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This is my second post of this question. My little guy is still waking 4 times a night. I am dying to know how to get him to sleep more! I would think by this time (11 weeks adjusted) he could sleep longer stretches. I have reviewed several books and tried feeding him more at night, keeping him awake in the evenings, letting him sleep more ahhhhhh!

 

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Re: When did your premie sleep longer?

  • lexismom1008lexismom1008 member
    My LO just started to sleep more at night. He is getting up one time, usually around 4 am. He is about 13 weeks adjusted. How much does your LO weigh? I think that might make a difference...?
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  • angelynn8411angelynn8411
    every baby is different..my full term baby didn't STTN til she was 13 months despite attempting every trick in the book. To me, waking up 4 times a night with a 11 weeker seems reasonable, but who knows.
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  • holn76holn76 member
    Good point. I am not sure. His next dr appt is on Friday so I will find out soon. He still looks really small so prob 11-12 pounds.
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  • lexismom1008lexismom1008 member
    My pedi swears that 13lbs is the magic number. She says babies sleep longer when they reach 13lbs. Who knows...maybe it's true. We can only hope! :-)
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    imagelexismom1008:
    My pedi swears that 13lbs is the magic number. She says babies sleep longer when they reach 13lbs. Who knows...maybe it's true. We can only hope! :-)

    Yup- we wern't even allowed to think about letting her sleep long stretches until she was over 10lbs (3 hour feedings timed to the minute until then), so if your LO is just there it might have something to do with it. Once she hit 11 lbs she was going 4-5 hours and by the time she was 15lbs she was STTN.

    Work on your night routines. Have you read something like "Happiest Baby on the Block"? I think a lot of those tips are particularly relevant to preemies because they really need that extra time to feel like they're in the womb. If LO is waking up frantic, it's probably hunger.

    Just let LO go at their own pace- we adjust to LO, not the other way around (at least not this early on). Trust me, the sleep will come. And the first time they do sleep for that long stretch you're going to be up checking on them every hour anyways!

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  • kessmdkessmd
    I wasnt a specific week that he began to sttn but when he reached about 10-11lbs then he slept from 7-8pm til 6 am.
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