help me straighten out her days and nights

Re: help me straighten out her days and nights

• Sephora

  March 2009

  I am a firm believer that babies will figure out their internal clock on their own.  She might be too young but she should start figuring it out very soon.  Both of my girls started sleeping longer stretchs at night (4 hours +) around 4 weeks.

   But this is the routine I did/do with my DD's.  Bath, bottle, bed.

  I think the bath helps relax them, then bottle to help fill them.

   

  Good luck!  We've all been there!

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• M&D06 member

  March 2009

  I know they say not to wake a sleeping baby but I woke him after 2-3 hours of napping during the day to try and let him know it's not night time.  When he was back up to birth weight (2 weeks old), I stopped waking during the night and let him sleep as long as he wanted.  He picked it up pretty quickly.
  

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• babesnyder

  March 2009

  DS son does this as ell. the exact same thing. I have only been able to sleep at night holding him. I just prob pillows up around me. I have also found you really don't loosin your hold it's like instinct.

   

  I have been told to keep it drk and quiet at night lud nd bright as possible during the day. I try keeping him awake most of the day with whateer techniques that work. I have also tried getting into a bedtime routine. I figure at some point it will start helping.

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• Mjmksb04 member

  March 2009

  Be patient, it takes time for them to get their days and nights. I think it took my DS until he was 4 or 5 weeks old. Pick a time and have that be "nighttime." At first, ours was 10pm. Anytime DS woke up after 10pm, we kept the house dark and quiet and did not interact much with him when he was awake. Eventually, I started his bedtime routine earlier, around 7pm and he started sleeping longer stretches at night. Another piece of advice, get a moby wrap or some type of sling so you can wear her while she takes long naps on you.

  
  DD #1 passed away in January 2011 at 14 days old due to congenital heart disease
  DD#2 lost in January 2012 at 23 weeks due to anhydramnios caused by a placental abruption

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• blessourlife

  March 2009

  I went through this around the same time and I was so tired too. I would wake him after about 2 hours of his naps and tried to keep her up a little longer during the day by making noise and making it bright

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• KateVA member

  March 2009

  The first thing I would tackle is trying to get her to sleep on her own.  When she falls asleep while you are holding her, start or continue to make shushing sounds as you lay her down. When you put her down, keep your  hands on her and keep firm pressure.  Keep shushing but slowly release the pressure until you are no longer touching her.  Then back slowly out of the room while shushing.  This worked for both my kids, I hope it works for you!  Good luck.

   I also don't let DS sleep for more than 2-3 hours during the day (no more than 3 hours without eating). 

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• reny76

  March 2009

  You may do this already but during the day make sure your house has lots of natural light. If the weather permits take her for a walk and keep a normal level of noise going...don't wake her up though most babies will sleep through all this. At night, keep it dark, even when she wakes up try to feed her in the dark silence, don't turn on the tv or lights. (We added a dimmer to DDs room). Put her back in the bed right after she finishes feeding and has a diaper change (no rocking)...she'll go down easier as time goes on and believe me it will get better. Worked like a charm for our children.
  

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