this may have been asked...but i can't find the answer

kathyn21

DD is 13wks/8adjusted. for the last 3 nights she'll go to bed fine between 745-830pm and fal asleep great. (she used to give me 5-7hr stretches...) now she wakes up at midnight then every 2 hrs or so after that. is this the 3 month growth spurt or the 8 week wonder week...or am i stuck with both? i don't know what to go by her actual or adjusted age because she does everything else more at her actual age. ahh! so confused...maybe it's b/c i'm exhausted! lol thanks ladies

urbanflowerpot

It might be the sleep regression, though I think that's closer to 4 mo? It's hard to say with late term preemies because things don't happen right on time for any baby so she might be closer to the actual chart sometimes and then totally off on others.

If it makes you feel any better DS is the worst sleeper ever and he still does the 9-1 wake up, then every two hours thing, up at 6 happy as a lark! Not every night but I'd say an average of 3 days/week. So 3-5 wake ups per night on average. Now I just look forward to when he's 5 and hopefully more tired...or something. At least more independent! I'm so tired!  

haziedaze

I think this aspect of having a preemie makes you let go and try to go with the flow. Their internal clocks/developmental phases are all off, so it can be a surprise when things happen. H's always ended up somewhere in between his actual and adjusted ages for developmental stuff. His major sleep regression (which I think of as our 4month wakeful) was at 5 months actual/ 2.5 adjusted.

Bottom line, it's probably a phase and just when you're about to pull all of your hair out it will change, not necessarily for the better, but it will change. I'm in Stephanie's camp, we haven't had a stretch longer than 4 hours since January... I'm tired, but have also gotten kinda addicted to all the nighttime snuggles.

kathyn21

my issue is that she isnt eating but 1-1.5 ounces when she wakes so i dont get why she is waking. probably.bc she isnt napping during day. whrn she takes good naps shr sleeps good at night. i cannot get her to sleep more than 1 hr at a time during the day. sometimes in her swing i can...when do bad habits develop?