sleeping advice?

Lvjones71

Anyonre with any advice please help.  My baby us 9 days old he falls aslep great in my arms but then trnsfering him into crib and/or pack and okay is a huge challenge and he wakes back up.  As soon as he gets back in my arms he falls right back aslep.  I have tried letting him cry in bed but I can only stand that for so long because I feel so mean. 

 

Also, how many people wake their baby up at night to feed.  He wants to sleep like1030-530 and they say I shoulg wake him every 3 hours but then he wont eat anyway he just wants to go to bed again.

elampl

Have you tried swaddling? 

 

As for waking up at night, you only need to wake him up if he hasn't hit his birthweight yet.  If he has, let him sleep. 

Kaiterz

theresat858:

You should not let a 9 day old baby cry it out...that is mean, because crying at that age means they really need something, even if it is just mommy cuddles.

how long do you wait after he falls asleep before transfering him?  Most babies will enter a much deeper sleep 20-30minutes after falling asleep - at which point you can put them down more easily.  If the baby isn't swaddled, you can try the floppy arm test to see if they are in a deep enough sleep (ie there should be no resistance if you lift his arm; it will just flop back down).

Have you tried a RockNPlay?  My DD hates sleeping on a flat surface (only starting to get better at it in the past week or two), but will sleep for hours in a RnP or her swing.

Other sleep tricks - swaddle even if the baby fights it (I love the summer infant swaddleme blankets and wish I'd discovered them sooner. We used the miracle blanket and halo sleep sacks before that.  Recieving blankets can work if you can figure out how to do it, but the velcro is so much easier and harder for them to fight out of).  Turn on white noise - loud, the volume of a vacuum cleaner.  Try a pacifier if baby likes to suck (my DD usually spits hers out as she falls asleep though). 

Hang in there and enjoy your sleep at night *if* baby is back to birth weight.  You should feed every 3 hours if baby isn't back up to birth weight yet.

Ditto all of this.

laurenhankey

Agree w/ PP.  If baby is back up to birth weight then let him sleep! For a 9 day old that's an amazing amount of time!!!  Also , please please please do not let him cry it out! Their only way of letting us know what they want/need is to cry so if he's crying it's because he needs something.